Khaled al-Asaad, Jazz Summers, Jack Gold, Manual Contreras, Dawn Wofford - a podcast by BBC Radio 4
from 2015-08-24T15:10
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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.
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