Shinzo Abe (pictured), Mona Hammond OBE, Lorna de Smidt, Monty Norman
Kirsty Lang on Shinzo Abe, Japan鈥檚 longest-serving prime minister, actor Mona Hammond, activist Lorna de Smidt, and composer Monty Norman.
Kirsty Lang on
Shinzo Abe - Japan鈥檚 longest-serving prime minister who sought to end a wartime legacy of defeat and occupation and to tackle the economy through 鈥楢benomics鈥�.
Actor Mona Hammond is best known for her TV role in Eastenders.
Lorna de Smidt, the anti-apartheid and anti-racist activist who cut her political teeth in the Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa in the late 1960s.
And Monty Norman - Composer and singer who wrote the James Bond main theme and a string of successful musicals as well.
Producer: Neil George
Interviewed guest: Nakano Koichi
Interviewed guest: Dr Kristin Surak
Interviewed guest: Michael Buffong
Interviewed guest: Graham de Smidt
Interviewed guest: Matthew Sweet
Archive clips used: 成人快手 News, Report on death of Shinzo Abe, 08/07/2022; 成人快手 Radio 4, The World This Weekend, Votes counted for Japanese election, 29/07/2007; 成人快手 One, Eastenders 25/10/2010; Humphrey Barclay Productions for Channel 4, Desmond's S01E04 26/01/1989; 成人快手 Radio 4, The Archers 28/12/2003; 成人快手 Two, Storm Damage (1989), 23/01/2000; Paramount Pictures/ Albert S. Ruddy Productions/ Alfran Productions, The Godfather Part 1 (1972); 成人快手 Radio 4, News Bulletin19/03/2001; 成人快手 Two Omnibus - Monty Norman interview 17/10/1982.
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Shinzo Abe
Last Word spoke to Professor of comparative politics Nakano Koichi and to Assistant Professor in sociology Dr Kristin Surak.
Mona Hammond OBE
Last Word spoke to artistic theatre director Michael Buffong.
Lorna de Smidt
Last Word spoke to her husband Graham de Smidt.
Monty Norman
Last Word spoke to broadcaster and journalist Matthew Sweet.
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Last Word
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