Last Word - Gillian Freeman, Sir Peter Hutchison, Sister Dorothy Bell, Dick Dale
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Gillian Freeman, the novelist and screenwriter whose books include The Leather Boys, a story of a gay love affair between two working class men in the 1960s.
Sir Peter Hutchison who travelled to remote parts of the world to collect rare plants.
Sister Dorothy Bell, the nun who after a career devoted to education, turned her attention to AIDS awareness.
And the King of the Surf Guitar Dick Dale.
Interviewed guest: Michael Arditti
Interviewed guest: Edward Thorpe
Reader: Mathilda Thorpe
Reader: Harriet Thorpe
Interviewed guest: James Hutchison
Interviewed guest: Simon Milne
Interviewed guest: Sister Dr Bernadette Porter
Interviewed guest: Emma Cole
Producer: Neil George
Archive clips from: Woman's Hour, Radio 4 22/03/1978; In Search Of The Golden Pleione, Radio 4 30/04/1982; Losing the Habit, Radio 4 29/04/2009.
Published on Friday, 22nd March 2019.
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