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EPISODE · Apr 12, 2019 · 28 MIN

Sydney Brenner, Dan Robbins, Edda Tasiemka, Ian McDonald

from Last Word · host BBC Radio 4

Pictured: Sydney BrennerMatthew Bannister onSydney Brenner, the Nobel Prize-winning biologist who worked with Francis Crick to map DNA. Dan Robbins, the artist who invented painting by numbers.Edda Tasiemka, the archivist who kept a comprehensive newspaper and magazine cuttings collection in her North London home.Ian McDonald, the Ministry of Defence spokesman during the Falklands War who became a familiar face on TV and was known for his sonorous delivery.Interviewed guest: Professor Jonathan Hodgkin Interviewed guest: Larry Robbins Interviewed guest: Robert Lacey Interviewed guest: Ian Mather Interviewed guest: Revel Barker Producer: Paula McGinley

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