Last Word
Last Word
BBC Radio 4
Eric Tomlinson, Elsie Tu, Peter Dickinson, Lillian Vernon and Lemmy
28 minutes Posted Jan 1, 2016 at 4:47 pm.
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Recording engineer, Eric Tomlinson, who worked on the score for Star Wars and added music to Charlie Chaplin's silent films.

Elsie Tu, social campaigner, legislator and educationalist in Hong Kong.

Author, Peter Dickinson, who twice received the prestigious Carnegie medal for his work.

Entrepreneur, Lillian Vernon, whose catalogue business was the first company owned by a woman to be listed on the US Stock Exchange.

Motorhead frontman, Lemmy, who's credited with introducing punk sounds into heavy metal.

Producer: Maire Devine