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Radio 4,13 Jun 2014,28 mins
Rik Mayall, Dr Lorna Wing, Eric Hill, Billie Fleming, Alan Douglas
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Matthew Bannister on The comedian and actor Rik Mayall. His Young Ones co-star Nigel Planer pays tribute. Also the psychiatrist Dr. Lorna Wing who studied autism and coined the term Asperger's Syndrome. The children's writer and illustrator Eric Hill - creator of Spot the Dog And Billie Fleming who - in 1938 - set out to demonstrate the benefits of cycling by riding her bike every day. She averaged 80 miles a day and still holds the record for the longest distance cycled by a woman in a year - over 29 thousand miles.
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