Yanar Mohammed, MP Phil Woolas, Professor Robin Weiss, Jane Lapotaire
MAR 20, 202627 MIN
Yanar Mohammed, MP Phil Woolas, Professor Robin Weiss, Jane Lapotaire
MAR 20, 202627 MIN
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<p>Matthew Bannister on</p><p>Yanar Mohammed who campaigned for women’s rights in Iraq and set up a secret network of shelters for those fleeing abusive relationships. She was shot dead on 2nd March.</p><p>Phil Woolas, a key figure in the New Labour project who became MP for Oldham East and Saddleworth.</p><p>Professor Robin Weiss, the eminent virologist who carried out important work to understand HIV.</p><p>Jane Lapotaire, the classical actor who won a Tony Award for her portrayal of Edith Piaf.</p><p>Interviewee: Nawal Al-Maghafi
Interviewee: Nick Jones
Interviewee: Jonathan Weber
Interviewee: Zoë Wanamaker</p><p>Producer: Ribika Moktan
Assistant Producer: Catherine Powell
Researcher: Jesse Edwards
Editor: Glyn Tansley</p><p>Archive used:
Outlook, BBC World Service, 09/05/2005; News 1800, BBC Radio 4, 14/12/2003; BBC News, 1/04/1992; BBC News, 02/05/1997; Daily Politics: 2010 Election, Debates: The Immigration Debate, 4/05/2010; BBC News at Ten, BBC, 07/05/2009; BBC News at One, 09/12/2010; BBC News, 21/11/1986; Frontiers, BBC Radio 4, 24/02/1996; Piaf, playwright Pam Gems, director Howard Davies, production by Royal Shakespeare Company, broadcast on Arena: Theatre, BBC 12/02/1979; The 35th Annual Tony Awards, dir Clark Jones, Producer Alexander H. Cohen, produced and written by Hildy Parks, A Bentwood Television Production, CBS, 07/06/1981; Desert island Discs, BBC Radio 4, 22/08/1986; Richard II, dir Gregory Dean, The Royal Shakespeare Company, 2013; Woman's Hour, Radio 4, 24/04/2003</p>