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Sir Nicholas White, Lord Wallace, Professor Deborah Cameron, Sly Dunbar

Matthew Bannister on physician Sir Nicholas White, politician Lord Wallace, linguist Deborah Cameron and drummer Sly Dunbar.

Matthew Bannister on

Sir Nicholas White, whose research on tropical diseases saved millions of lives.

Lord Wallace, the Liberal Democrat who served in the Scottish and Westminster parliaments and was Deputy to three First Ministers.

Professor Deborah Cameron who studied the use of language from a feminist perspective.

Sly Dunbar, the Jamaican drummer who played on hundreds of hit records and teamed up with bass player Robbie Shakespeare to form 鈥淭he Riddim Twins鈥.

Interviewee: Professor Nicholas Day
Interviewee: Lord McConnell
Interviewee: Professor Miriam Meyerhoff
Interviewee: Jazzie B
Interviewee: Kevin Le Gendre

Producer: Gareth Nelson-Davies
Assistant Producer: Catherine Powell
Researcher: Jesse Edwards
Editor: Glyn Tansley

Archive used:

Nick White: Improving the treatment of infectious diseases, Mahidol Oxford Research Unit (MORU) in Bangkok, Thailand, Tropical Medicine Oxford YouTube Channel, uploaded 08/03/2024; Professor Nick White: malaria, Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU) interview, University of Oxford YouTube channel, uploaded 26 Jan 2012; Nicholas White, 鈥淢alaria Defeating The Curse鈥, Horizon, 麻豆社 Two, 05/06/2005; Nick White, Fatal Latitudes, 麻豆社 Two, 23/02/1993; Jim Wallace, Scottish Devolution Referendum, Reporting Scotland, 麻豆社 Scotland 1997; Coalition, Reporting Scotland, 麻豆社 Scotland 14/05/1999; Jim Wallace, Acting first minister clip, FMQs, Scottish Parliament, 15/11/2001; Jim Wallace interview, Stark Talk, 麻豆社 Radio Scotland, 09/06/2000; Deborah Cameron interview, Woman鈥檚 Hour, 麻豆社 Radio 4, 31/10/2025; Deborah Cameron interview, Speak Up, 麻豆社 Radio 4, 02/08/2024;

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