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Last Word: Vince Power CBE, Olga Murray, Akira Toriyama, Cecilia Eckelmann-Battistello

Vince Power CBE, Olga Murray, Akira Toriyama, Cecilia Eckelmann-Battistello

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Vince Power CBE, Olga Murray, Akira Toriyama, Cecilia Eckelmann-Battistello

Matthew Bannister on a music promoter, a lawyer, a businesswoman and an artist.

Matthew Bannister on music promoter Vince Power, lawyer Olga Murray, businesswoman Cecilia Eckelmann-Battistello, artist Akira Toriyama.

Matthew Bannister on
 
Vince Power, the live music promoter whose Mean Fiddler group operated a string of London venues and built up the Reading and Leeds festivals.
 
Olga Murray, the American lawyer who devoted her later life to helping the children of Nepal.
 
Cecilia Eckelmann-Battistello, the Italian businesswoman who ran a major container shipping company.
 
Akira Toriyama, the Japanese manga artist who created the Dragon Ball series which has millions of fans around the world.

Interviewee: Melvin Benn
Interviewee: Shaun Clarkson 
Interviewee: Gina Parker  
Interviewee: Som Paneru
Interviewee: Janet Porter 
Interviewee: Chris Gray
Interviewee: Shao Dow 

Producer: Gareth Nelson-Davies

Archive used;
Reading Festival 2023 Aftermovie promo, Reading and Leeds Festival, YouTube uploaded 27/10/2023; Vince Power interview , BBC 6Music, 27/03/2008; Vince Power interview, BBC Radio London, 04/12/2022; The Pogues appearance at the Mean Fiddler, 26/01/201986; New Order appearance at the Reading Festival, Reading Festival,1989;  Olga Murray interview, Nepal Youth Foundation, YouTube uploaded, 17/09/2012; Olga Murray presentation, TEDx Talks, YouTube uploaded 18/11/2015; Cecilia Eckelmann-Battistello acceptance speech, Lloyds Group, YouTube uploaded 28/10/2015; ShaDow Clone, Shao Dow, YouTube uploaded 26/01/2024;

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