Last Word - Jonathan Demme, Robert Taylor, Cathy Hopkins, Peter Farrer, Dorothy Torry
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The film director Jonathan Demme - best known for the multi Oscar winning films Silence of the Lambs and Philadelphia.
Robert Taylor who helped to develop the first networked computers - a forerunner of the internet - and inspired the creation of modern personal computers.
Cathy Hopkins who campaigned for the residents of St Helena to get back their British citizenship.
Peter Farrer, the Liverpool tax inspector who enjoyed cross dressing and became an expert on the history of women's costume.
And Dorothy Torry, secretary to six BBC Directors General, including Lord Reith.
Producer: Neil George.
Published on Friday, 28th April 2017.
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