Last Word - Olympia Dukakis (pictured), Eric McGraw MBE, Anthony Thwaite
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Olympia Dukakis, the Greek-American actor who won an Oscar for playing Cher’s mother in Moonstruck and became an LGBT icon after playing Anna Madrigal in Tales of the City. Its author Armistead Maupin pays tribute.
Eric McGraw who founded and edited a magazine for prisoners called “Inside Time”. Former inmate Noel “Razor” Smith explains how it changed the course of his life.
Anthony Thwaite, the poet, editor and critic who was a pivotal figure in British literary life. The former poet laureate Andrew Motion pays tribute.
Producer: Neil George
Interviewed guest: Gregory Pappas
Interviewed guest: Armistead Maupin
Interviewed guest: Rachel Billington
Interviewed guest: Noel ‘Razor’ Smith
Interviewed guest: Ann Thwaite
Interviewed guest: Andrew Motion
Archive clips used: Hardtalk: BBC One, TX 19.3.2001; In Living Memory: Strangeways riot: Radio 4, TX 20.4.2005
Published on Friday, 14th May 2021.
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