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Radio 4,28 Mar 2014,28 mins

Mickey Duff, John Tyson, Jill Sinclair, Adolfo Suarez, Oswald Morris

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Matthew Bannister on Mickey Duff, the East End character who, for decades, was one of the most powerful figures in boxing. John Tyson, the cartographer and explorer who set out to chart the unmapped region of Kanjiroba Himal. Jill Sinclair, the business brains behind the ZTT record label. They had a string of hits in the eighties and nineties, including Frankie Goes to Hollywood's "Relax". Adolfo Suarez, the Prime Minister who oversaw Spain's transition from Franco's dictatorship to democracy. And Oswald Morris, the cinematographer who won an Oscar for his work on "Fiddler on The Roof". Producer: Neil George.

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