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Leslie Phillips CBE, Dame Valerie Beral, Avtar Singh Jouhl, Atarah Ben-Tovim MBE

Matthew Bannister on actor Leslie Phillips CBE, epidemiologist Dame Valerie Beral, activist Avtar Singh Jouhl and musician Atarah Ben-Tovim MBE.

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Leslie Phillips CBE (pictured), the actor who made his name in the Navy Lark and the Carry On Films, then became a respected character actor.

Dame Valerie Beral, the epidemiologist who created the million women study and investigated the safety of the contraceptive pill and HRT.

Avtar Singh Jouhl, the trade unionist and activist who campaigned for racial equality.

Atarah Ben-Tovim MBE, the flautist who inspired generations of children to take up music.

Producer: Neil George

Interviewed guest: Peter Bradshaw
Interviewed guest: Tim Teeman
Interviewed guest: Jagwant Jouhl
Interviewed guest: David Jesudason
Interviewed guest: Emily Banks

Archive clips used: Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú News, HardTalk Extra – Leslie Phillips 2000; Peter Rogers Productions/ Beaconsfield Productions, Carry On Teacher (1959); Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 4 Extra, The Navy Lark – Left Hand Down A Bit! 28/03/2009; Sol C. Siegel Productions/ Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer, Les Girls (1957); Peter Rogers Productions/ Beaconsfield Productions, Carry on Nurse (1959); Impact Quadrant/ Izaro Films/ Quadrant Films, Spanish Fly (1976); Amblin Entertainment/ Warner Brothers, Empire of the Sun (1987); Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 4, The Skivers 17/03/1994; Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 4, The Life Scientific – Valerie Beral 05/02/2013; Jagwant Photobooks, Avtar Singh Jouhl interview – 2021; Midlands Today/ YouTube, Malcolm X visits Smethwick 03/10/2014; Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 3, Sound Archive – Atarah Ben-Tovim 11/05/1972; Thames TV, Seeing And Doing – Atarah Ben-Tovim 1985; Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 3, Atarah’s Music Box 04/10/1976; Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 4, Woman’s Hour 02/06/2004; Sandie Smith/ YouTube Channel, Atarah Ben-Tovim and Sophie Clavel at Chateau Rigaud 16/09/2016.

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28 minutes

Leslie Phillips CBE

Born 20 April 1924; died 7 November 2022 aged 98.
Last Word spoke to writer and journalist Peter Bradshaw and to author and broadcaster Tim Teeman.

Dame Valerie Beral

Born 28 July 1946; died 26 August 2022 aged 76.
Last Word spoke to epidemiologist and public health physician Professor Emily Banks.

Avtar Singh Jouhl

Born 2 November 1937; died 8 October 2022 aged 84.

Last Word spoke to his son, Jagwant Jouhl, and to writer and journalist David Jesudason.

Atarah Ben-Tovim MBE

Born 1 October 1940; died 20 October 2022 aged 82.
In her own words.

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