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EPISODE · Dec 10, 2021 · 28 MIN

Sir Antony Sher (pictured), Roger Phillips, Judy Totton

from Last Word · host BBC Radio 4

Matthew Bannister onSir Antony Sher, one of the finest actors of his generation, who was also a writer and a painter. We have a heartfelt personal tribute from his husband, the Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company Gregory Doran.Roger Phillips, the colourful plant photographer who produced many authoritative books on wild flowers, trees and plants but was perhaps best known for his work on mushrooms. Judy Totton, the music business publicist who worked with clients like Status Quo, Toyah Willcox and the Great Train robber Ronnie Biggs. Her friend Joan Armatrading pays tribute. Producer: Neil GeorgeInterviewed guest: Gregory Doran Interviewed guest: Martyn Rix Interviewed guest: Lyla Foy Interviewed guest: Joan Armatrading Interviewed guest: John TaylorArchive clips used: Opus Arte, King Lear - Royal Shakespeare Company 2017; BBC Radio 3, Free Thinking - Antony Sher 06/05/2015; Illuminations Media, Macbeth - Royal Shakespeare Company 2003; Roger Phillips' YouTube Channel, Wild Food Forager: Foraging for Morel Mushrooms in the Forest 24/05/2019; YouTube: Happy Tibet, Tibetan Prayer Dechen Monlam 26/10/2017.

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