this afternoon (friday 13th), 4.17-4.23pm (repeated 8.17pm sunday), on bbc radio 4
hannah steinberg, b. 16.3.1924, d. 11.12.2019 (part of last word, obituary programme, presented by matthew bannister)
“Professor Hannah Steinberg – a pioneer of psychopharmacology – the study of the effects of drugs on the human mind.”
including interview with …
• sandra fraser, former colleague and friend
• professor clare stanford, emeritus professor of neuropharmacology at ucl
(more…)this evening (sunday 1st), 8.31-8.41pm (repeated from 4.03pm friday), on bbc radio 4
jonathan miller, b. 21.7.1934, d. 27.11.2019 (part of last word, obituary programme, presented by matthew bannister)
“Sir Jonathan Miller, who hated the term polymath – but undoubtedly was one. He came to fame in the satirical revue Beyond the Fringe, was a celebrated opera and theatre director and sometimes regretted his decision not to concentrate on his first calling as a doctor.”
including interviews with …
• son william miller
• biographer kate bassett
(more…)this evening (sunday 25th), 8.45-8.51pm (repeated from 4.17pm friday), on bbc radio 4
geoffrey paul, b. 26.3.1929, d. 4.8.2019 (part of last word, obituary programme, presented by matthew bannister)
“The respected long serving editor of the Jewish Chronicle”
including interview with …
• journalist jenni frazer
(more…)this evening (sunday 14th), 8.31-8.40pm (repeated from 4.03pm friday), on bbc radio 4
eva mozes kor, b. 31.1.1934, d. 4.7.2019 (part of last word, obituary programme, presented by matthew bannister)
“Eva Kor, with her twin sister, was the subject of experiments by the Nazi doctor Josef Mengele in Auschwitz. She later publicly forgave her tormentors.”
including interviews with …
• son alex kor
• editor and friend penny tierney
(more…)this evening (sunday 2nd), 8.30-8.38pm (repeated from 4.02pm friday), on bbc radio 4
murray gell-mann, b. 15.9.1929, d. 24.5.2019 (part of last word, obituary programme, presented by matthew bannister)
“Murray Gell-Mann, the American physicist who won the Nobel Prize for his work on the theory of elementary particles. He coined the name ‘quarks’ for the fundamental building blocks of matter.”
including interviews with …
• friend and colleague professor geoffrey west
• science writer graham farmelo
(more…)this afternoon (friday 24th), 4.10-4.17pm (repeated 8.40pm sunday), on bbc radio 4
judith kerr obe, b. 14.6.1923, d. 22.5.2019 (part of last word, obituary programme, presented by matthew bannister)
“Judith Kerr, the author of much-loved children’s books including the Mog series and The Tiger Who Came to Tea.”
including interview with …
• julia eccleshare, director, hay children’s festival
(more…)this afternoon (friday 12th), 4.03-4.11pm (repeated 8.33pm sunday), on bbc radio 4
sydney brenner, b. 13.1.1927, d. 5.4.2019 (part of last word, obituary programme, presented by matthew bannister)
“Sydney Brenner, the Nobel Prize-winning biologist who worked with Francis Crick to map DNA.”
including interview with …
• professor jonathan hodgkin
(more…)this evening (sunday 7th), 8.31-8.38pm (repeated from 4.03pm friday), on bbc radio 4
michel bacos, b. 3.5.1924, d. 26.3.2019 (part of last word, obituary programme, presented by matthew bannister)
“Michel Bacos, the pilot of the Air France jet that was hi-jacked to Entebbe in 1976. He was offered the chance to leave, but chose to stay with the hostages until they were freed in a dramatic raid by the Israelis.”
including interviews with …
• wife rosemary bacos
• former reporter paul martin
(more…)this evening (sunday 7th), 8.43-8.48pm (repeated from 4.15pm friday), on bbc radio 4
victor hochhauser cbe, b. 27.3.1923, d. 23.3.2019 (part of last word, obituary programme, presented by matthew bannister)
“The impresario Victor Hochhauser, who specialised in bringing top Russian artists to the UK.”
including interview with …
• music critic norman lebrecht
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