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Radio 4,09 Sep 2011,30 mins

Vann Nath, Eugene Nida, Betty Skelton, Len Ganley, Ray Fisher

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Matthew Bannister on Cambodian painter Vann Nath. He chronicled the brutality of the Khmer Rouge regime that sent him to a notorious prison. Also American stunt flier Betty Skelton who set both speed and altitude records in small planes Traditional Scots singer Ray Fisher, part of a famous musical family The Reverend Eugene Nida who organised the translation of the Bible into hundreds of languages And the snooker referee Len Ganley - immortalised in a beer advert and a song by Half Man Half Biscuit.

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