Dame Deborah James (pictured), Yves Coppens, Revel Guest OBE, Samuel Bhima - a podcast by BBC Radio 4

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Dame Deborah James who raised millions of pounds for cancer research by talking openly about living with - and dying from - bowel cancer.

Yves Coppens, the charismatic French palaeontologist who led the team that discovered hominid remains estimated to be 3.2 million years old.

Revel Guest OBE, the documentary film producer who became chair of the Hay Literary Festival.

Samuel Bhima, the first Malawian to become a Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.

Producer: Neil George

Interviewed guest: Jude Rogers
Interviewed guest: Zeresenay Alemseged
Interviewed guest: Corisande Albert
Interviewed guest: Maliza Bhima

Archive clips used: BBC Radio 5 Online, Raising a Glass to Deborah James 28/06/2022; BBC Two, The Making of Mankind - One Small Step 11/05/1981; FRANCE 24 English, Yves Coppens dies at 87 23/06/2022; PBS (US), PBS Ident by Paul Alan Levi; Trans Atlantic Film, Placido 1983; Dreamworks Pictures/ Touchstone Pictures/ Reliance Entertainment, War Horse (2011) Trailer; YouTube/ memoriesofrhodesia, 1957 Royal Tour of Nyasaland 29/10/2015; Meliza Bhima Personal interview archive with Samuel Bhima; BBC Sound Archive, Dr Hastings Banda Interview 27/02/1959.

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