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29/05/2009
Matthew Bannister talks about the lives of physicist Herbert York, diver Carl Spencer, trade union leader Ken Gill and French theatre director Roger Planchon.
Matthew Bannister talks to Dr Harold Brown and Rachel York about the life of physicist Herbert York; Bill Smith about diver Carl Spencer; Ken Livingstone, Tony Benn and Nick Jones about trade union leader Ken Gill and Professor David Bradbury and Pamela Howard about the life of French theatre director Roger Planchon.
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Sun 31 May 200920:30
BBC Radio 4
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- Fri 29 May 200916:00BBC Radio 4
- Sun 31 May 200920:30BBC Radio 4
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