Carla Lane, Sir Denys Henderson, Jane Fawcett, Alan Devereux and Buster Cooper
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English - June 03, 2016 15:54 - 27 minutes - 25.6 MBPersonal Journals Society & Culture Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Carla Lane who wrote hit TV comedies including The Liver Birds, Bread and Butterflies. Wendy Craig pays tribute.
The ICI Chairman Sir Denys Henderson, who fought off a takeover bid from Lord Hanson and split the company into two parts.
Jane Fawcett, the former debutante who worked with the code-breakers at Bletchley Park and then fought to conserve many of Britain's greatest Victorian buildings.
And Alan Devereux who for nearly fifty years played Sid Perks in the Archers.