Jane Gardam, Sir Roger Birch, Mike Peters, Francoise Hampson
Kirsty Lang on author Jane Gardam, chief constable Sir Roger Birch, musician Mike Peters and lawyer Professor Francoise Hampson.
Kirsty Lang on
The author Jane Gardam, whose works included The Queen of the Tambourine and Old Filth.
Sir Roger Birch, the former Chief Constable of Sussex Police who oversaw the investigation following the IRAs' Brighton bomb attack in 1984.
Mike Peters, the lead singer of the band The Alarm, whose own battle with cancer saw him become a campaigner and fundraiser for cancer treatment.
Professor Francoise Hampson, a lawyer who specialised in human rights in conflict zones.
Producer: Ed Prendeville
Archive:
Front Row, ѿý Radio 4, Presenter Kirsty Lang, 16/09/2009; World Book Club, ѿý World Service, 12/10/2017; Desert Island Discs, ѿý Radio 4, 20/10/2017; “Somebody” by Jane Gardam, Read by Gillian Bevan, ѿý Radio 4, 06/03/2022; File on Four, ѿý Radio 4; Witness History, ѿý, 2015; Human Rights Map, ѿý Two, 05/12/1998; Human Rights and Human Wrongs, John Simpson, ѿý TV, 02/11/1994; ѿý Breakfast News, 14/08/1990; I Write the Songs, Archive: Mike Peters, ѿý Radio Wales, 31/12/2014; Value Judgements, ѿý Radio Wales, 30/06/2006; Brighton Bomb Attack, ѿý News, 12/10/2009; Drink Drive Crackdown, ѿý News, 12/10/1984; Breakfast Time – Drink Driving at Christmas, ѿý News, 14/03/2020
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