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Last Word: Joe Lieberman, Diana Baring, Lynn Kinnear, Kay Benbow

Joe Lieberman, Diana Baring, Lynn Kinnear, Kay Benbow

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Joe Lieberman, Diana Baring, Lynn Kinnear, Kay Benbow

Matthew Bannister on a politician, an agent, a landscape architect and a TV executive.

Matthew Bannister on politician Joe Lieberman, agent Diana Baring, landscape architect Lynn Kinnear and TV executive Kay Benbow.

Matthew Bannister on
 
Joe Lieberman, the US Democrat politician who fell out with his party over the Iraq War.
 
Diana Baring, the respected literary agent. We have a tribute from her client Frederick Forsyth.
 
Lynn Kinnear, who was one of the most influential landscape architects of her generation.
 
Kay Benbow, who commissioned and made many acclaimed TV shows for children.
 
Interviewee: Matt Lieberman
Interviewee: Frederick Forsyth 
Interviewee: Caroline Dawnay
Interviewee: Sean Griffiths
Interviewee: Kim Tserkezie

Producer: Catherine Powell
 
Archive used:
Joe Lieberman addresses the Senate floor, 04/09/1998, AP Archive, YouTube upload, 21/07/2015; Joe Lieberman interview, The Mehdi Hasan Show, MSNBC, YouTube Upload, 27/10/2021; Joe Lieberman interview, HardTalk, BBC News, 29/06/2017; Joe Lieberman interview, All things considered, NPR, 12/10/2015; Late Night with Conan O'Brien 15/01/2003 Show Executive Producers Lorne Michaels Jeff Ross; The Day of the Jackal trailer, Universal City Studios LLC, IMDb, 1973; Walthamstow Wetlands, London Wildlife Trust, YouTube upload 04/2021; Lynn Kinnear interviewed by Hattie Hartman, 01/07/2022; Balamory Theme Song – BBC Foster Paterson; Woman's Hour : Children's Television; 12/09/2014; Nina and the Neurons BBC Series 2 “Nina’s Cake Bakes” 02/04/2008; The Clangers, Smallfilms for the BBC, 31/10/08

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