Mel Parry, Professor Alice Coleman, Hugh Callaghan, Cynthia Weil
Matthew Bannister on SAS veteran Mel Parry, geographer Professor Alice Coleman, labourer Hugh Callaghan and songwriter Cynthia Weil.
Matthew Bannister on
Mel Parry, the SAS veteran who was part of the team that stormed the Iranian embassy in London in 1980.
Professor Alice Coleman, the geographer whose modifications to modernist high rise estates won the support of Margaret Thatcher.
Hugh Callaghan, the labourer who was one of six men arrested after the Birmingham pub bombings of 1974. He served 16 years in prison for a crime he didn鈥檛 commit.
Cynthia Weil, the American songwriter behind hits like The Righteous Brothers鈥� 鈥淵ou鈥檝e Lost That Loving Feeling鈥�, The Animals鈥� 鈥淲e Gotta Get Out Of This Place鈥� and Dolly Parton鈥檚 鈥淗ere You Come Again鈥�.
Interviewee: Bob Shepherd
Interviewee: Jo Kendall
Interviewee: Professor Loretta Lees
Interviewee: Chris Mullin
Producer: Gareth Nelson-Davies
Archive used:
Iranian Embassy Siege, News bulletin, 麻豆社 Radio 4, 30/04/1980; Iranian Embassy Siege, Reports and interviews, 麻豆社 Radio 4, 01/05/1980; Iranian Embassy Siege, Reports and interviews, 麻豆社 Radio 4, 03/05/1980; Iranian Embassy Siege in London, News report, 麻豆社 Radio 4, 05/05/1980; Cynthia Weil interview: writing songs for male performers, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, YouTube uploaded 14/03/2016; Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann interview, Sunday Morning, CBS, 08/02/2015; Alice Coleman interview, The Friday Report: A Design for Living, 麻豆社 Two, 05/02/1988; 1974 Birmingham Pub Bombings report, 麻豆社 News, 15/08/1975; Birmingham bombings, 21 Dead And 182 Injured In Birmingham, RTE News Archive, 21/11/1974; Hugh Callaghan interview, World In Action, Granada Television, 18/03/1991; Hugh Callaghan interview, 麻豆社 Radio Ulster, 08/12/1996; Birmingham Six freed, News reports, 麻豆社 Newsnight, 11/03/1991; Hugh Callaghan singing, Songs of Love and Emigration: Two, The Irish Pensioners Choir, 2023;
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Mel Parry
the SAS veteran who was part of the team that stormed the Iranian embassy in London in 1980.
Last Word spoke to SAS veteran Bob Shepherd.聽
Cynthia Weil
the American songwriter behind hits like The Righteous
Brothers鈥� 鈥淵ou鈥檝e Lost That Loving Feeling鈥�, The Animals鈥� 鈥淲e Gotta Get Out Of
This Place鈥� and Dolly Parton鈥檚 鈥淗ere You Come Again鈥�.
Last Word spoke to music journalist and lecturer Jo
Kendall.
Born 18 October 1940; died 1 June 2023聽, aged 82
Professor Alice Coleman
The geographer whose modifications to modernist high rise estates won the support of Margaret Thatcher.
Last Word spoke to Professor Loretta Lees, urban geographer, and current Director of the Initiative on Cities at Boston University, USA.
Born 8 June 1923; died 2 May 2023, aged 99聽
Hugh Callaghan
The labourer who
was one of six men arrested after the Birmingham pub bombings of 1974. He
served 16 years in prison for a crime he didn鈥檛 commit.
Last Word spoke to the former Labour MP and journalist Chris
Mullin.
Born 24 March 1930; died 27 May 2023, age 93
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