Last Word

Matthew Bannister onSir Adrian Cadbury - who was chairman of the family confectionery firm, led its merger with Schweppes and wrote an influential report on corporate governance. He was also an Olympic rower - and Sir Steve Redgrave pays tribute. Rico Rodriguez the trombonist who helped create ska and reggae and played with the Specials and Jools Holland, who shares his memories.Ieng Thirith - health minister of the Khmer Rouge and sister in law of Pol Pot. She was indicted for crimes against humanity.Margaret Harrison who founded the Home Start charity which sends volunteers to help parents who are struggling to cope.

Matthew Bannister onLord Montagu of Beaulieu who founded the National Motor Museum, opened his estate to the public and served a prison sentence for homosexuality. His son, who has succeeded to the title, pays tribute. Joy Beverley - one of the Beverley sisters who became close harmony singing stars in the 1940s and 50s. She married the England and Wolves footballer Billy Wright, making them the Posh and Becks of their day.The neurologist Oliver Sacks who told his patients' extraordinary stories in books like "The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat".And Annette Worsley-Taylor who started London Fashion Week to promote young British designers. Producer: Neil George.

Matthew Bannister onThe trade union official Bernie Passingham who helped women workers at the Ford Motor Company in their fight for equal pay.Medical researcher Chris Marshall who identified one of the human oncogenes which cause cancer.Wayne Carson who wrote the song Always on My Mind, which was recorded by Elvis Presley, the Pet Shop Boys and eight hundred other artists.Michael Turk, a Queen's Waterman and Swan Marker who built historic boats for film and TV.And author Marie Dobbs who completed Jane Austen's unfinished last novel Sanditon.

Presenter Lucy Ash remembers:Khaled Al-Asaad, the Syrian archaeologist beheaded by Islamic State who was famous for his in depth knowledge and love of the ancient city of Palmyra; Jazz Summers, the maverick music manager who took Wham! to China and had a reputation as a hard man;Jack Gold, multi-BAFTA winning TV director of the Naked Civil Servant and Goodnight Mr Tom; Manuel Contreras, the army general who ran Chile's brutal secret police during Pinochet's dictatorship;And Dawn Wofford, the showjumping champion who won her first competition at the age of three. Producer: Neil George.

Last Word is presented by Reeta Chakrabarti this week. She will be remembering:The comic writer and novelist David Nobbs - we speak to his friend and fellow writer Jonathan Coe about the man who invented the 1970s anti-hero Reginald Perrin;Frances Kelsey, the scientist whose concerns about the drug Thalidomide prevented it from being approved in the US;Kyril Zinovieff, who as a child in Russia saw Rasputin, and as a spy for Britain encountered Hitler;The Italian fashion designer Elio Fiorucci, who introduced the world to skintight vinyl jeans;And the musician Harry Pitch, the harmonica player who performed everywhere from jazz clubs to opera houses.Producer: Neil George.

Matthew Bannister onThe singer and TV presenter Cilla Black - we go behind the scenes to discover the secret of her success on Saturday night TV.Michael Kidson who taught history at Eton for thirty years, delighting his pupils by his maverick behaviour.The Indian scientist and reluctant politician APJ Abdul Kalam, known as the "People's President".The Scottish public health campaigner Evelyn Gillan who targeted domestic violence and fought for minimum pricing for alcohol.And the actor George Cole, best known for playing Arthur Daley in the TV series Minder.

Matthew Bannister onThe Reverend Owen Chadwick, the distinguished ecclesiastical historian who was vice Chancellor of Cambridge University during student protests in the 1970s and chaired an influential commission on Church and State.Also Jon Vickers the operatic tenor best known for playing muscular roles like Samson, Otello and Peter Grimes.Yoichiro Nambu, the theoretical physicist who won the Nobel Prize for his ground-breaking work on sub atomic particles.Nova Pilbeam, the leading lady in early Hitchcock films who later turned her back on stage and screen.And Nick Ryman who made his fortune by building up the family stationery firm and then moved to France to become a successful wine maker.

Matthew Bannister onJoyce Bennett who was the first English woman to be ordained as an Anglican priest. It happened in Hong Kong in 1971.Prince Saud al-Faisal, who was the world's longest serving foreign minister, representing the interests of Saudi Arabia for forty years.Burt Shavitz, the American beekeeper who developed a popular range of beeswax products.Professor Michael Oliver, the physician who demonstrated the link between cholesterol and heart disease.And the publisher Ian Allan, whose books of locomotive numbers led to the hobby of trainspotting.Producer: Paula McGinley.

Matthew Bannister onActor Omar Sharif Flying squad detective Stanley Moore - always known as Steve, he helped to catch some of the Great Train Robbers. Theatre Director Jules Wright who co-founded the Women's Playhouse Trust and set up the Wapping Project arts venue. Former Russian Foreign and Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov.And the composer Ernest Tomlinson, best known for his light orchestral works.

Matthew Bannister onSir Nicholas Winton who saved 669 children from the advancing Nazis in Czechoslovakia. Also the Irish singer Val Doonican - known for his cardigans and rocking chair - he was sometimes called Britain's Bing Crosby.The Indian artist Nek Chand who created the extraordinary Rock Garden of Chandigarh. Jarvis Cocker pays tribute.The novelist and former fighter pilot James SalterAnd Lady Rozelle Raynes, the daughter of an Earl who became a stoker on a tug boat during the war.