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Last Word: Richard Taylor, Lisa Lane, Rose Dugdale, Ian Green

Richard Taylor, Lisa Lane, Rose Dugdale, Ian Green

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Richard Taylor, Lisa Lane, Rose Dugdale, Ian Green

John Wilson on a campaigner, a chess champion, an IRA member and a music producer.

John Wilson on campaigner Richard Talyor, chess champion Lisa Lane, heiress turned IRA member Rose Dugdale, music label proprietor Ian Green.

John Wilson on

Richard Taylor, who became a tireless campaigner against knife crime and supported disadvantaged young people. 

Lisa Lane, the chess champion who was the first player to feature on the cover of Sports Illustrated. 

Rose Dugdale, the English heiress and debutante who went onto join the IRA.  

Ian Green, the Scottish folk music champion who started the record label Greentrax.  


Producer: Ed Prendeville

Archive used:
Rose Dugdale – Mná an IRA, Sé Merry Doyle Loopline Film, 2012; Rose Dugdale charges, BBC News, 06/05/1974; Anti-war march 1967,BBC,26/03/1967; Alfred Beit – Russborough House interview, Midweek, BBC, 03/07/1974; What’s my Line, Freemantle – May 1961, YouTube upload 26/04/2014; BBC Archive – News report Rose sentencing, BBC, 27/11/1974; BBC News – report on murder of Damilola; BBC News – Hardtalk; BBC News interview with Richard Taylor; Ian McCalman – Farewell to the haven; Shian Road sung by Isla St Clair. Written by Ian McCalman; The Pearl Aly Bain, Phil Cunningham and Violet Tulloch; Take the Floor – 19/02/11 Programme number: 10L33047/01; Dateline East Asia Presented By Kathryn Davies;

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