
Lord Tebbit, Daphne Boden, James Leprino, Sir Francis Graham-Smith
About this episode
Matthew Bannister on
Lord Tebbit, who as Norman Tebbit was a member of Margaret Thatcher’s cabinet, introducing trade union reform and privatisation.
Daphne Boden, the harpist who played for the Queen and taught for more than fifty years at the Royal College of Music.
James Leprino who built a multi-billion-dollar business by supplying cheese to pizza chains.
And the former Astronomer Royal, Sir Francis Graham-Smith, who helped to transform our understanding of the origins of the universe.
Interviewee: John Sergeant Interviewee: Lord Deben Interviewee: Geraldine McMahon Interviewee: Sally Pryce Interviewee: Chloe Sorvino Interviewee: Professor Andrew Lyne
Producer: Gareth Nelson-Davies
Archive used: Lord Tebbit interview, A Life in Politics: Jo Coburn with leading politicians, BBC; Lord Tebbit, Desert Island Discs, BBC Radio 4, 04/12/1992; Profile of Employment Secretary Norman Tebbit, BBC News, 26/01/1982; Norman Tebbit speech, Conservative Party Conference, BBC News, 1981; Brighton Bomb news report, BBC Television 12/10/1984; Lord Tebbit interview, BBC News, 24/09/2019; Daphne Boden interview, Meet the Stars, The Harp Channel, Uploaded to YouTube 25/06/2020; A Drive Through Time — A Leprino Foods Origin Story, Leprino Foods, https://vimeo.com/648650074, Vimeo uploaded 2024; Sir Francis Graham-Smith at 100, Science Cafe, BBC Radio Wales, 23/05/2023; Francis Graham-Smith appearance on The Sky at Night, BBC Television, 06/12/1992;
Get every episode summarized
Each time Last Word publishes, we email you a written briefing from the transcript — the topics, who appeared, and any specific claims, with the ad reads skipped.
Email me new episodesFree for 3 shows. No card needed.
Hosts & guests
No transcript yet
This episode has not been transcribed. Request it and it moves to the front of the queue.
More episodes
More from Last Word

Paul Conroy, Kenith Trodd, Astrid Llewellyn, Jo Purvis
Last Word

Neil Sedaka, Drusilla Beyfus, Professor Dame Carole Jordan, Ayatollah Ali Khamen...
Last Word

Martyn Butler, Allan Massie, Professor Nicola Fear, Willie Colón
Last Word

Reverend Jesse Jackson, Diane Munday, Philippe Gaulier, Lady Jean Wilson
Last Word