Last Word - Vince Power CBE, Olga Murray, Akira Toriyama, Cecilia Eckelmann-Battistello
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Vince Power, the live music promoter whose Mean Fiddler group operated a string of London venues and built up the Reading and Leeds festivals.
Olga Murray, the American lawyer who devoted her later life to helping the children of Nepal.
Cecilia Eckelmann-Battistello, the Italian businesswoman who ran a major container shipping company.
Akira Toriyama, the Japanese manga artist who created the Dragon Ball series which has millions of fans around the world.
Interviewee: Melvin Benn
Interviewee: Shaun Clarkson
Interviewee: Gina Parker
Interviewee: Som Paneru
Interviewee: Janet Porter
Interviewee: Chris Gray
Interviewee: Shao Dow
Producer: Gareth Nelson-Davies
Archive used;
Reading Festival 2023 Aftermovie promo, Reading and Leeds Festival, YouTube uploaded 27/10/2023; Vince Power interview , BBC 6Music, 27/03/2008; Vince Power interview, BBC Radio London, 04/12/2022; The Pogues appearance at the Mean Fiddler, 26/01/201986; New Order appearance at the Reading Festival, Reading Festival,1989; Olga Murray interview, Nepal Youth Foundation, YouTube uploaded, 17/09/2012; Olga Murray presentation, TEDx Talks, YouTube uploaded 18/11/2015; Cecilia Eckelmann-Battistello acceptance speech, Lloyds Group, YouTube uploaded 28/10/2015; ShaDow Clone, Shao Dow, YouTube uploaded 26/01/2024;
Published on Friday, 22nd March 2024.
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