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Last Word: Michael Mosley, Dame Elizabeth Fradd, Nonny Hogrogian, Ron Ayers

Michael Mosley, Dame Elizabeth Fradd, Nonny Hogrogian, Ron Ayers

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Michael Mosley, Dame Elizabeth Fradd, Nonny Hogrogian, Ron Ayers

Kirsty Lang on a broadcaster, a nurse, an illustrator and an aerodynamicist.

Kirsty Lang on broadcaster Michael Mosley, leading nurse Professor Dame Elizabeth Fradd, children’s illustrator Nonny Hogrogian and car designer Ron Ayers.

Kirsty Lang on the influential broadcaster Michael Mosley, who helped millions improve their lifestyles. 

Professor Dame Elizabeth Fradd, a former paediatric nurse who was brought in to improve troubled NHS departments.

Nonny Hogrogian, an award-winning children’s illustrator whose stories were inspired by European folklore.

Ron Ayers, who used his background in missile design to create the world’s fastest car. 

Interviewee: Professor Giles Yeo MBE
Interviewee: Professor Stacy Johnson MBE
Interviewee: Clay Risen
Interviewee: Roger Ayers
Interviewee: Andy Green

Producer: Catherine Powell

Archive used:
“Infested! Living with Parasites” BBC4 27th Sep 2018, “E-Cigarettes: Miracle or Menace?” Horizon 1st July 2016,  BBC Radio Four “Saturday Live” 12th Sept 2015, BBC Radio Four “Saturday Live” 13th Jan 2024, BBC News read by Peter Sissons BBC, 1st April 1991, “BBC East Midlands Today” 3rd February 1993, Interview with Nonny Hogrogian and David Kherdian, On Campus, Abilene Christian University Library, ACUTV, 13th May 1998, “Dancing Duduk” by Abaji,  Cezame Carte Blanche, publisher 
Frederic Leibovitz Editeur, Absilone Technologies.
“Bang Goes The Theory, Andy Green interviews Ron Ayers” 28th March 2011, BBC.
'Bloodhound' supercar aiming to break the land speed record - BBC News 7th Nov 2019
“BBC Inside Out West” 23rd October 2017.
“One Fine Day” by Nonny Hogrogian, publisher Simon and Schuster, read by Behnaz Akhgar

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