12/11/2010
Matthew Bannister on Joseph Gavin who helped to put the first men on the moon, the opera singer Shirley Verrett and Ehud Netzer who discovered what's thought to be Herod's tomb.
On Last Word this week:
Joseph Gavin who led the team that designed and built the lunar module that carried the first men to land on the moon. One of them - Buzz Aldrin - pays tribute.
Also the Argentine Admiral Emilio Massera who presided over the systematic torture and killing of thousands of people and began the invasion of the Falkland Islands..
The African American soprano Shirley Verrett who overcame racial prejudice to become a celebrated operatic performer..
Professor Ehud Netzer the archaeologist who discovered the tomb of King Herod
And Geoffrey Crawley the scientific journalist who exposed the world's longest running photographic hoax - the Cottingley fairies.
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- Fri 12 Nov 2010 16:00Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Radio 4
- Sun 14 Nov 2010 20:30Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Radio 4
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