EPISODE · Aug 28, 2015 · 27 MIN
Bernie Passingham, Christopher Marshall, Wayne Carson, Michael Turk, Marie Dobbs, Yvonne Craig
from Last Word · host BBC Radio 4
Matthew Bannister onThe trade union official Bernie Passingham who helped women workers at the Ford Motor Company in their fight for equal pay.Medical researcher Chris Marshall who identified one of the human oncogenes which cause cancer.Wayne Carson who wrote the song Always on My Mind, which was recorded by Elvis Presley, the Pet Shop Boys and eight hundred other artists.Michael Turk, a Queen's Waterman and Swan Marker who built historic boats for film and TV.And author Marie Dobbs who completed Jane Austen's unfinished last novel Sanditon.
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Matthew Bannister onThe trade union official Bernie Passingham who helped women workers at the Ford Motor Company in their fight for equal pay.Medical researcher Chris Marshall who identified one of the human oncogenes which cause cancer.Wayne Carson who wrote the song Always on My Mind, which was recorded by Elvis Presley, the Pet Shop Boys and eight hundred other artists.Michael Turk, a Queen's Waterman and Swan Marker who built historic boats for film and TV.And author Marie Dobbs who completed Jane Austen's unfinished last novel Sanditon.
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