英语听力精选进阶版 14631（在线收听）

Matthew Bannister on Sir Robert Horton, Alexis Weissenberger, Clive Robbins, Sir Roger Jowell and Harry Fowler.

Fri, 13 Jan 12

Radio 4's obituary programme, telling the lives of significant figures who have recently died. This week Matthew Bannister marks the lives of the former BP chairman and chief executive Sir Robert Horton who was ousted in a boardroom coup and went on to run Railtrack. The Bulgarian born pianist Alexis Weissenberg - whose musical talent saved his life in a Nazi concentration camp. Sir Roger Jowell - the statistician who measured changing attitudes in British society. Clive Robbins, who teamed up with Paul Nordoff to create a powerful type of music therapy. The cockney actor Harry Fowler, who appeared in The Army Game and many Ealing comedies.