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Anne Scargill, Ronnie Appleton, Cecil Wright, Mario Vargas Llosa

Matthew Bannister on campaigner Anne Scargill, lawyer Ronnie Appleton, cricketer Cecil Wright and writer Mario Vargas Llosa.

Matthew Bannister on

Anne Scargill, who founded the Women Against Pit Closures group when her husband Arthur was leading the Miners Strike of the 1980s. The actor Maxine Peake pays tribute.

Ronnie Appleton who was Chief Crown Prosecutor for Northern Ireland during the height of the troubles.

Cecil Wright, the Jamaican born cricketer who made his mark playing alongside some of his countrymen in the Lancashire league.

Mario Vargas Llosa, the Nobel prize winning novelist who was a candidate for the Presidency of his native Peru.

Producer: Ed Prendeville

Archive:
³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Manchester, Cecil Wright at 70, ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ; ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ News, Cecil Wright Retires at 85, ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ; Not by The Playbook, ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ World Service, 07/09/2019; MERIDIAN, ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ, 09/07/1985; Made in Latin America: 2 – The Heirs of Conquest, ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Two, 07/11/1989; Mario Vargas Llosa, ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 4, 30/10/1993; Eye of the Storm with Emma Barnett, ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 5 Live, 26/07/2018; Video Diaries: Major, the Miners and Me, ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Two, 04/09/1993; ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ News, ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ One, 16/05/1984; ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ News, ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ One, 09/04/1993; Inside Ulster: Murders – Army; Funerals – I.R.A., ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ, 19/03/1988; Witness History, ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ World Service, 27/01/2025; Inside Ulster: Murders – Civilians (Multiple); Personalities, ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ, 29/09/1989

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