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Radio 4,09 Jun 2017,28 mins
Miriam Rodriguez Martinez, Lord Soulsby of Swaffham Prior, Peter Sallis, Lady Anne Piper, Jiri Belohlavek
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Matthew Bannister on Miriam RodrÃguez MartÃnez- the Mexican woman whose daughter was killed by drug cartels - and who led a campaign for justice for thousands of missing people. Lord Soulsby - the first vet to be made a peer. He was an expert on parasites nicknamed "Lord of the Worms." Peter Sallis the actor best known for his role as Norman Clegg in Last of the Summer Wine - and for being the voice of Wallace in Wallace and Gromit. Lady Anne Piper, the novelist who campaigned for nuclear disarmament. Jiřà BÄ›lohlávek, the Czech-born chief conductor of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra and the first non-native English speaker to preside at the Last Night of the Proms.
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