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Audrey Adams who became a tireless campaigner for the rights of black people after her son was stabbed to death in a racist attack.
Nicola Trahan, who joined the French Resistance as a teenager and was later awarded the Croix de Guerre.
Edward Bond, the controversial playwright who played a key role in the abolition of censorship in British theatre.
The singer and songwriter Eric Carmen whose biggest hit “All By Myself” was based on a Rachmaninov piano concerto.
Interviewee: Lord Simon Woolley Interviewee: Reverend Eleanor Rance Interviewee: Simon Callow and Sean Holmes Interviewee: Debbie Wiseman
Producer: Ed Prendeville
Archive used: French Wartime Service: Musical Items, Sound Archive, BBC; D-Day Announcement - Communique No. 1, Sound Archive, BBC; The Reverend Al Sharpton, Kilroy BBC 1, BBC; Audrey Adams interviewed by C4 news in 2021, C4 News, YouTube upload, 19/03/2021; Edward Bond interview - TX Date: 12.10.2011; Eric Carmen - Never Gonna fall in love again; Eric Carmen - All by myself; The Raspberries – Go all the way
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