Last Word - Sydney Brenner, Dan Robbins, Edda Tasiemka, Ian McDonald
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Sydney 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
Published on Friday, 12th April 2019.
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