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Radio 4,16 May 2014,28 mins

Prof Colin Pillinger, Antony Hopkins, Bev Evans, Sir Ben Gill and Stan Kelly-Bootle

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Matthew Bannister on Professor Colin Pillinger, the space scientist who led the failed Beagle 2 mission to investigate life on Mars. Antony Hopkins, the composer and award winning presenter of Radio 3's Talking About Music. Bev Evans, the teacher who set up a website offering free resources for teaching children with learning difficulties. Sir Ben Gill, who led the National Farmers Union during the BSE and Foot and Mouth crises. And Stan Kelly-Bootle, the computer pioneer who was also a Scouse folk singer.

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