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Verghese Kurien, Helen Nicoll, Bobby Hogg, Tereska Torres, 'Big Jim' Sullivan

Fri, 12 Oct 12

Radio 4's obituary programme, telling the lives of significant figures who have recently died. This week Matthew Bannister marks the lives of Dr Verghese Kurien, known as "India's Milkman", who transformed milk production in India; Helen Nicoll, the children's author best known for her Meg and Mog stories; Bobby Hogg, the last surviving speaker of the Cromarty dialect; the French writer Tereska Torres whose novel about wartime romances caused controversy with its depiction of lesbian affairs; and session guitarist "Big Jim" Sullivan who played on an amazing 55 number one songs.

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