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The End of Drug Discovery

The End of Drug Discovery

17:00 - 17:40

Geoff Watts asks why the source of new medical drugs is drying up.

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Caroline, Countess of Cranbrook

Caroline, Countess of Cranbrook

Broadcast | 31 May 2009

Food campaigner

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Music | Lead Belly - Take This Hammer

Fred Zinnemann

Fred Zinnemann

Broadcast | 20 Jan 1991

Film director

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Music | Lead Belly - Green Corn

Tom Sharpe

Tom Sharpe

Broadcast | 03 Nov 1984

Comic novelist

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Music | Lead Belly - Rock Island Line

John Hurt

John Hurt

Broadcast | 29 Sep 1984

British actor

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Music | Lead Belly - Backwater Blues

John Braine

John Braine

Broadcast | 15 May 1971

Room at the Top author

Music | Lead Belly - Goodnight Irene

Dr Jonathan Miller

Dr Jonathan Miller

Broadcast | 24 Apr 1971

Writer, Director, Scientist

Music | Lead Belly - Goodnight Irene

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