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Last broadcast on Sun, 5 Jul 2009, 20:30 on BBC Radio 4 (see all broadcasts).
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Matthew Bannister talks to writer Carla Lane, to Trevor Bannister who played the young salesman Mr Lucas and to the creator of Are You Being Served? and writer and actor Jeremy Lloyd about the actress Mollie Sugden; to the wine writer Jancis Robinson about the wine maker Jean (Johnny) Hugel; to regulars at the Sun Inn pub Gary Seymour and Mark Haslam, local representative of the Campaign for Real Ale, and to Jeremy Paxman who remembers visiting the pub owned by landlady Florence (Flossie) Lane; to the doctor of the England Football team Ian Beesley and to the current director of Sports Science at the University Tim Cable about sports scientist Prof Tom Reilly; and to Attila the Stockbroker, who pays tribute to his friend and fellow ranting poet Steven Wells.
Mollie Sugden
Actor who has died aged 86
Mollie Sugden was the formidable shop assistant Mrs Slocombe in the BBC TV sitcom Are You Being Served?. Running the ladies separates and underwear department of the Grace Brothers’ department store, Mrs Slocombe did battle with Captain Peacock from menswear played by Frank Thornton. Her main comic weapons were extravagant double entendres and a bouffant hair do that constantly changed colour.
Mollie Sugden was born in Keighley in West Yorkshire and attended the local grammar school before training at the Guildhall School of Music and drama. In 1962, she broke into TV in the series “Hugh and I”. She also played the gossip Nellie Harvey in Coronation Street. But in the late sixties she really came to prominence in “The Liver Birds”, playing Nerys Hughes’ interfering mother Mrs Hutchinson.
Matthew Bannister talks to the writer Carla Lane, to Trevor Bannister who played the young salesman Mr. Lucas in Are You Being Served?, and to its creator, the writer and actor Jeremy Lloyd.
Mary Isobel Sugden was born 21 July 1922 and died 1 July 2009
Jean Hugel
Alsace wine maker who has died aged 84
Jean Hugel was born into a family who had been wine producers in the region for ten generations. From his base in the picturesque village of Riquewihr, he set out to convince the world of the superiority of the wines from an area which historically had changed hands a number of times between France and Germany. During the war Jean was called up by the German army, but is reported to have evaded active service by enrolling as a medical orderly. At the end of the war he studied agronomy at Montpelier University before returning to work in the family vineyards and learn the business from his father.
Matthew Bannister talks to the wine writer Jancis Robinson.
Jean (Johnny) Frédéric Hugel was born 28 September 1924 and died 9 June 2009
Florence Lane
The Sun Inn landlady at Leintwardine who has died aged 94
The Sun Inn at Leintwardine in Herefordshire is not a luxurious pub. The grade two listed terraced building is furnished with a few tables and benches, serves only one kind of beer and food is limited to a pickled egg in a bag of crisps. But under its eccentric and teetotal landlady Florence “Flossie” Lane it is at the heart of village life and has built a reputation far beyond its home county. Flossie – who’s died aged 94 – was born in Leintwardine where her father was the village policeman. One of her brothers bought the Sun Inn and Flossie went to work there as his helper. When he died, she took over and became a fixture.
Matthew Bannister talks to regulars Peter Faulkner and Gary Seymour and Mark Haslam the local representative of the Campaign for Real Ale, CAMRA, and to Jeremy Paxman who remembers visiting the pub.
Florence (Flossie) Lane was born 10 July 1914 and died 13 June 2009
Professor Tom Reilly
UK’s first ever Professor of Sports Science who has died aged 67
From Tom Reilly’s department at Liverpool John Moore’s University, his influence extended into top flight sport around the world. Often consulted by team doctors and coaches, Professor Riley researched the effects of altitude on athletes, analysed hydration and re-hydration and studied how footballers move when kicking a ball to work out how to avoid injury. He was born in County Mayo and took his first degree at University College Dublin. After teaching in Cameroon for two years, Tom Riley took an MSc in ergonomics at the University of London. But it was at Liverpool Polytechnic – later Liverpool John Moore’s University - in the early 1970s that he began to develop his influence in the world of sports science.
Matthew Bannister talks to the doctor to the England Football team, Ian Beesley and to the current Director of Sports Science at the University, Tim Cable.
Thomas Reilly was born 16 December 1941 and died 12 June 2009
Stephen Wells
Iconoclastic music journalist who went on to write about sport, politics and culture and who has died aged 49
Steven Wells had opinions - strongly held, trenchantly expressed passionate opinions. They were most evident in his music journalism for the New Musical Express, but also in his later columns for the Guardian and the Philadelphia Weekly. Stephen - who has died of cancer aged 49 - was also known as Susan Williams and Swells and started out as a ranting poet called Seething Wells. With David Quantick, he contributed to the Radio 4 comedy series “On The Hour” and “The Day Today”, starring Chris Morris and Steve Coogan.
Stephen was shaped by punk, founded a music video company called Gob TV which made promos for the Manic Street Preachers and Skunk Anansie among others, and set up a publishing house called “Attack Books”.
Matthew Bannister talks to his friend and fellow ranting poet Attila the Stockbroker, who pays tribute in the form of a poem.
Steven Wells was born 10 May 1960 and died 23 June 2009
Broadcasts
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Fri 3 Jul 200916:00
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Sun 5 Jul 200920:30
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