Last Word - Madeleine Albright (pictured), Peter Padfield, Christina Smith, Sheila Paine
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The first female US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, who was a leading advocate of the NATO bombing campaign aimed at stopping ethnic cleansing in the Balkans.
Peter Padfield, the naval historian who as a young man took part in the reconstruction of the voyage of the Mayflower from the UK to the USA.
Christina Smith, the colourful entrepreneur known as “the queen of Covent Garden” for her property and business development in that area of London.
Sheila Paine, who travelled to remote areas of the world to build up a renowned collection of textiles.
Producer: Neil George
Interviewed guest: Jim Naughtie Interviewed guest: Tom Lippman Interviewed guest: Fiona Padfield Interviewed guest: Andrew Lambert Interviewed guest: Dame Rosemary Anne Squire DBE Interviewed guest: Nick Fielding
Archive used: One to One: Madeleine Albright, BBC Two, TX 12.9.2005; A Woman Called Smith, BBC Two, TX 30.4.1997
Published on Friday, 1st April 2022.
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