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Malcolm Mowbray, the British film director best known for making 鈥淎 Private Function鈥� - the comedy about wartime rationing starring Michael Palin and Maggie Smith. The film鈥檚 writer Alan Bennett pays tribute.

Victoria Amelina, the Ukrainian novelist and war crimes researcher who was killed in a missile strike in Kramatorsk.

Roger Lovegrove, the ornithologist who played a leading role in re-introducing red kites to the UK.

Mavis Cheek, who wrote humorous novels about middle class marriage and relationships. We鈥檙e joined by her friend Helen Lederer.

Interviewee: Olha Mukha
Interviewee: Alan Bennett
Interviewee: Joe Mowbray
Interviewee: Roy Dennis
Interviewee: Helen Lederer

Producer: Gareth Nelson-Davies

Archive used:
Kramatorsk: Russian missile strike hits restaurants in Ukrainian city, Verified Live, 主播大秀 World News, 28/06/2023; Victoria Amelina interview recorded 15/05/2023, Copyright Clearance Centre, YouTube uploaded 03/07/2023; Playhouse: Days at the Beach, Director: Malcolm Mowbray, 主播大秀 Two, 13/02/1981; Our Winnie, 主播大秀 Four, repeated broadcast 10/12/2009; Malcolm Mowbray, London Standard Film Awards, 主播大秀 One, 26/01/1986; A Private Function (1984) film promotion, Hand Made Films, YoutTube uploaded 24/05/2019; A Private Function (1984), Hand Made Films, 1984; Roger Lovegrove: Red Kite, The Great British Birdwatch 主播大秀 One, 19/06/1989 ; Red Kite sound effects, RSPB, recordist Jens Kirkeby, recorded 17/08/2005; Mavis Cheek interview, Woman鈥檚 Hour, 主播大秀 Radio 4, 04/03/2002; Mavis Cheek reading The Sex Life of My Aunt, Faber and Faber, Arts Archive, Woman鈥檚 Hour arts book archive website, 主播大秀 Radio 4, uploaded 04/03/2002; Mavis Cheek interview and extract reading, Sixty Minutes, 主播大秀 One, 26/10/1983.