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Matthew Bannister on Kim Jong-il, Chris Athey, Russell Hoban, Cesaria Evora, Vaclav Havel

Fri, 23 Dec 11

Radio 4's obituary programme, telling the lives of significant figures who have recently died. This week Matthew Bannister marks the lives of the North Korean leader Kim Jong-il. We hear from the former British Charge D'Affaires in Pyongyang and the film actress who says she was kidnapped by "The Dear Leader". Also Chris Athey - the educational psychologist who championed the Teletubbies. Russell Hoban, author of both children's and adult fiction, including his vision of a post apocalyptic world "Riddley Walker". Cesaria Evora - the singer from Cape Verde known as the Barefoot Diva. and the Czech playwright and President Vaclav Havel remembered by his friend Ivan Klima and Sir John Tusa.