Last Word - Valmik Thapar, Nancy Blaik, Norma Meras Swenson, Dr Stuart Farrimond
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Wildlife conservationist Valmik Thapar who spent five decades trying to protect India’s tigers
Nancy Blaik, the driving force behind the creation of Scotland’s first children’s hospice
Norma Meras Swenson, the co-author of the influential book ‘Our Bodies, Ourselves’
Doctor Stuart Farrimond who became a popular science writer after being diagnosed with a brain tumour
Producer: Ed Prendeville
Archive used:
Tony Livesey – Steffan Powell sitting in, BBC Radio 5 Live, 28/04/2025; Tiger Crisis: Update, BBC Two, 08/01/1997; Wild: The Natural World – The Tigers' Fortress, BBC Two, 29/10/2000; Wild: Search for Tigers, BBC Two, 19/10/2003; My Tiger Family, BBC Two, 12/08/2024; Life in a Children's Hospice, BBC Radio Scotland, 20/02/2006; Reporting Scotland, BBC One Scotland, 05/12/1994; Reporting Scotland, BBC One Scotland, 11/03/1996
Published on Friday, 6th June 2025.
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