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Neil Sedaka the prolific songwriter who had Sixties hits with Oh Carol and Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen and made a Seventies comeback with Solitaire and Love Will Keep Us Together. Graham Gouldman pays tribute.

Drusilla Beyfus, the journalist best known for her books on etiquette. Her daughter Alexandra Shulman shares her memories.

Professor Dame Carole Jordan, the leading astronomer who was an authority on the coronae of the sun and cool stars.

And Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iran for over thirty years who was killed in an air strike.

Interviewee: Nazila Fathi
Interviewee: Lisa Verrico
Interviewee: Graham Gouldman
Interviewee: Professor Mike Lockwood
Interviewee: Alexandra Shulman

Producer: Gareth Nelson-Davies
Assistant Producer: Ribika Moktan
Researcher: Jesse Edwards
Editor: Glyn Tansley

Archive used:
Revolution In Iran, 麻豆社 News, 11/02/1979; The death of Ayatolla Khomeni, 麻豆社 News, 04/06/1989; Iran street protests, 麻豆社 News, 1999 and 2009; Protests in Iran, 麻豆社 News, 29/06/2023; 麻豆社 News report, 01/03/2026; Neil Sedaka: King of Song, 麻豆社 Four, 28/10/2018; The Sky at Night: Exploring the ultraviolet sky, 麻豆社 1, 07/05/1989; Drusilla Beyfus, recorded by Susan Irvine, 08/08/2018; Drusilla Beyfus interview, Castle in the Country, 麻豆社 Two, 18/03/2005; Drusilla Beyfus interview, Eight for Eight fifteen, 麻豆社 Radio 4, 12/06/1988;