Doreen Lofthouse OBE, Dr Chris Doake, Barbara Hosking CBE, Bernice Cohen
Matthew Bannister on businesswoman Doreen Lofthouse, glaciologist Dr Chris Doake, civil servant Barbara Hosking, investor Bernice Cohen.
Matthew Bannister on
Doreen Lofthouse, the Lancashire businesswoman who took Fisherman鈥檚 Friends lozenges from a Fleetwood chemist鈥檚 shop to a multi-million pound international company.
Dr Chris Doake, the glaciologist who was able to predict with great accuracy the break-up of the Antarctic ice shelf.
Barbara Hosking, who served as a Downing Street press officer under both Harold Wilson and Ted Heath and came out as a lesbian in her nineties.
Bernice Cohen, the self-taught investor who became a TV star.
Producer: Neil George
Interviewed guest: Duncan Lofthouse
Interviewed guest: David Pearce
Interviewed guest: Dr Andy Smith
Interviewed guest: Iain Dale
Interviewed guest: Lawrence Lever
Archive clips used: Women of the Year: 麻豆社 One, TX 16.10.1989; Government ad re preparations for the European Single Market: 麻豆社 One, TX 12.7.1990; Horizon: Antarctica - Ice Station Rescue: 麻豆社 Two, TX 5.2.2018; The Emma Barnett Show: Radio 4, TX 14.2.2018; The Morning Show: 麻豆社 One, TX 14.2.2003; Woman鈥檚 Hour: Radio 4, TX 4.6.1999
Last on
Doreen Lofthouse OBE
Born 27 February 1930; died 30 March 2021, aged 91.
Last Word spoke to her son, Duncan Lofthouse and to her friend, David Pearce.
Dr Chris Doake
Born 2 March 1944; died 7 February 2021, aged 76.
Last Word spoke to Dr Andy Smith, Science Leader with the British Antarctic Survey.
Barbara Hosking CBE
Born 4 November 1926; died 21 March 2021, aged 94.
Last Word spoke to Iain Dale, who published Barbara鈥檚 book聽Exceeding My Brief: Memoirs of a Disobedient Civil Servant.
Bernice Cohen
Born 27 October 1936; died 17 March 2021, aged 84.
Last Word spoke to Lawrence Lever, former director of the TV production company Lateral Productions which made Mrs Cohen's Money.
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- Sun 11 Apr 2021 20:30麻豆社 Radio 4
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Last Word
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