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Chris Bonington

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC NewsLatest broadcast: on BBC News Channel HD

James Naughtie talks to the climber Chris Bonington about a lifetime of mountaineering, the friends he has lost and how initially he was not bothered about scaling Everest. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
James Naughtie
Interviewed Guest:
Chris Bonington

Duration: 1 hour, 20 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Scotland HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for 4 months

The life of legendary Scottish mountaineer and rescuer Hamish MacInnes, inventor of the all-metal ice axe and author of the International Mountain Rescue Handbook. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Hamish MacInnes
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Palin
Interviewed Guest:
Chris Bonington
Interviewed Guest:
Yvon Chouinard
Executive Producer:
Alasdair MacCuish
Executive Producer:
David Harron
Director:
Robbie Fraser

Last Word

Sir Tom Finney CBE, Sid Caesar, Ian McNaught-Davis, Els Borst, Louise Brough

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Matthew Bannister on footballer Sir Tom Finney, comedian Sid Caesar, climber and broadcaster Ian McNaught-Davis, Dutch health minister Els Borst and tennis champion Louise Brough. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Jimmy Armfield
Interviewed Guest:
Denis Norden
Interviewed Guest:
Chris Bonington
Interviewed Guest:
Chris Serle
Interviewed Guest:
Hans Andringa
Interviewed Guest:
Billie Jean King
Interviewed Guest:
John Barrett
Interviewed Guest:
Angela Mortimer

Last Word

Ingvar Kamprad, Elizabeth Hawley, Robert Mann, Jon Castle, Dorothy Malone

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Obituary series, analysing and celebrating the life stories of people who have recently died. Ingvar Kamprad, Elizabeth Hawley, Robert Mann, Jon Castle and Dorothy Malone. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Bertil Torekull
Interviewed Guest:
Chris Bonington
Interviewed Guest:
Joanna Jolly
Interviewed Guest:
Nicholas Mann
Interviewed Guest:
John Sprange
Interviewed Guest:
Angie Errigo

The One Show

27/01/2015

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Matt Baker and Alex Jones are joined by impressionist Rory Bremner. Dom Littlewood investigates the tricks used by retailers in the sales. Show more