Last Word - Dick Cheney, Yvonne Brewster, Mary McGee, Peter Watkins
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Dick Cheney, the Republican politician who was Vice President under George W Bush and played key roles in both Gulf Wars.
Yvonne Brewster, the Jamaican-born director and actor who founded the Black British Theatre Company Talawa.
Mary ‘May’ McGee, the Irish woman who brought s successful legal challenge against the country’s ban on contraception.
Peter Watkins, the film maker whose powerful depiction of a nuclear attack on the UK was banned by the BBC
Producer: Gareth Nelson-Davies
Assistant Producer: Catherine Powell
Researcher: Jesse Edwards
Editor: Glyn Tansley
Archive used:
Dick Cheney interview, Oral Histories, C-Span, 19/12/2007; Dick Cheney, PBS, 04/11/2025; Dick Cheney, Operation Desert Storm press Conference, 17/01/1991; George W Bush names Vice President candidate and running mate, CNN, 25/07/2000; Yvonne, Brewster interview, Fighting Talk, BBC Two, 22/02/1991; Mary McGee interview, No Country For Women documentary series, directed by Anne Roper, RTE ONE, 19/06/2020; May McGee interview, Misneach, May & Séamus McGee, TG4 YouTube Channel, uploaded 20/09/2023; The World This Weekend, BBC Radio 4, 23/05/1971; Yvonne Brewster, Desert Island Discs, Radio 4, 01/04/2005; Peter Watkins interview, The Lively Arts, BBC Radio 3, 22/05/1966; The War Game, BBC, 1966, Dir: Peter Watkins; Culloden, 1964 trailer , director: Peter Watkins;
Published on Friday, 7th November 2025.
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