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Radio 4,29 Apr 2011,30 mins

John Sullivan, Sai Baba, Poly Styrene, Mike Campbell, Max Mathews

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Matthew Bannister on The TV comedy writer John Sullivan who brought us Only Fools and Horses and Citizen Smith. Robert Lindsay pays tribute. The Indian guru Sathya Sai Baba, head of a multi billion pound foundation with millions of followers around the world. Punk icon Poly Styrene - lead singer of X-Ray Spexs - noted for her outrageous dress sense. The white Zimbabwean farmer Mike Campbell who won a court victory against Robert Mugabe's land reforms but was badly beaten by militia. And Max Mathews, pioneer of computer synthesised music.

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