Monica Sims's guest appearances

Monica Sims

Last Word

Karl Lagerfeld

Merle Haggard

John McAfee

Garry Marshall

Mary Higgins Clark

Anthony Bourdain

John Butler

Elie Wiesel

Toni Morrison

John Bosco

Larry King

Hosni Mubarak

Katherine Johnson

Jerry Lewis

P.J. O'Rourke

OwlTail

Pete Shelley

Wendy Atkin

Ivan March

Leslie Smith

Pictured: Pete ShelleyMatthew Bannister onHarry Leslie Smith who grew up in poverty in Yorkshire. He became an outspoken campaigner for the welfare state and a social media star in his nineties.Pete Shelley, lead singer and songwriter of Buzzcocks.Monica Sims, the BBC executive who ran children's TV, then became Controller of Radio 4.Wendy Atkin, the epidemiologist who devised a breakthrough screening test for bowel cancer.Ivan March, the music critic who set up a record lending library and co-wrote the Penguin Stereo Record Guide.Interviewed guest: John SmithInterviewed guest: Owen JonesInterviewed guest: Gillian ReynoldsInterviewed guest: Edward BarnesInterviewed guest: Dr Amanda CrossInterviewed guest: Martin CullingfordReader: Tony TurnerProducer: Neil GeorgeArchive clips from: Labour Party Conference, BBC Parliament 24/09/14; Harry Leslie Smith: Comment is Free, The Guardian 23/03/16; Afternoon Edition, 5 Live 07/10/14; 5 Live Breakfast, 07/12/18; The Seven Ages of Rock, 6 Music 05/04/18; The Buzzcocks Story, 6 Music 31/07/14; Interviews with Monica Sims from the BBC Oral History Collection; BBC News, 12/04/02; Today, Radio 4 28/04/10.

Pictured: Pete ShelleyMatthew Bannister onHarry Leslie Smith who grew up in poverty in Yorkshire. He became an outspoken campaigner for the welfare state and a social media star in his nineties.Pete Shelley, lead singer and songwriter of Buzzcocks.Monica Sims, the BBC executive who ran children's TV, then became Controller of Radio 4.Wendy Atkin, the epidemiologist who devised a breakthrough screening test for bowel cancer.Ivan March, the music critic who set up a record lending library and co-wrote the Penguin Stereo Record Guide.Interviewed guest: John Smith Interviewed guest: Owen Jones Interviewed guest: Gillian Reynolds Interviewed guest: Edward Barnes Interviewed guest: Dr Amanda Cross Interviewed guest: Martin Cullingford Reader: Tony Turner Producer: Neil GeorgeArchive clips from: Labour Party Conference, BBC Parliament 24/09/14; Harry Leslie Smith: Comment is Free, The Guardian 23/03/16; Afternoon Edition, 5 Live 07/10/14; 5 Live Breakfast, 07/12/18; The Seven Ages of Rock, 6 Music 05/04/18; The Buzzcocks Story, 6 Music 31/07/14; Interviews with Monica Sims from the BBC Oral History Collection; BBC News, 12/04/02; Today, Radio 4 28/04/10.

Harry Leslie Smith, Pete Shelley, Monica Sims, Professor Wendy Atkin OBE, Ivan March