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Last Word: Nicholas Dimbleby, Lord Patrick Cormack, Wendy Mitchell, Eleanor Fazan

Nicholas Dimbleby, Lord Patrick Cormack, Wendy Mitchell, Eleanor Fazan

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Nicholas Dimbleby, Lord Patrick Cormack, Wendy Mitchell, Eleanor Fazan

John Wilson on a sculptor, politician, historian, author and a choreographer.

John Wilson on the sculptor Nicholas Dimbleby, politician Lord Patrick Cormack, blogger and author Wendy Mitchell and the theatre director and choreographer Eleanor Fazan.

John Wilson on the celebrated sculptor Nicholas Dimbleby, responsible for numerous well known commissions around the country. 

Lord Patrick Cormack the politician, historian and prolific author.

Wendy Mitchell, the author and blogger who was diagnosed with young onset dementia and worked tirelessly to help improve the understanding of the condition. 

Eleanor Fazan, the theatre director, choreographer and actor. Her career spanned almost 70 years and saw her working with some of the biggest names in the business.

Archive Details 

Archive used:. “Wogan” BBC 1 10/12/1986. BBC Midlands Today News 13/7/2011. BBC News West 09/09/1999. 
“The Bright Side of Life” BBC Radio 4 21/11/2023 & 28/11/2023 
Parliamentlive.tv 21/02/23 & 05/09/19.
The Michael Ball Show, BBC Radio 2, BBC, 16/01/2022
Wendy Mitchell reads from “Somebody I used to know”.  Bloomsbury publishing, uploaded to Youtube 29 Jan 2018.
"The Complete Beyond The Fringe" Label - Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company. Oh! It's a Lovely War, Title Oh! It's a Lovely War  Performer - Courtland and Jeffries  Album - Oh! It's A Lovely War (Volume 1) Label - CD41 Recordings. Stage to Screen  BBC

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