Last Word - Miriam Rodriguez Martinez, Lord Soulsby of Swaffham Prior, Peter Sallis, Lady Anne Piper, Jiri Belohlavek
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Miriam Rodríguez Martínez- the Mexican woman whose daughter was killed by drug cartels - and who led a campaign for justice for thousands of missing people.
Lord Soulsby - the first vet to be made a peer. He was an expert on parasites nicknamed "Lord of the Worms."
Peter Sallis the actor best known for his role as Norman Clegg in Last of the Summer Wine - and for being the voice of Wallace in Wallace and Gromit.
Lady Anne Piper, the novelist who campaigned for nuclear disarmament.
Jiří Bělohlávek, the Czech-born chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the first non-native English speaker to preside at the Last Night of the Proms.
Published on Friday, 9th June 2017.
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