Marvin Minsky, Margaret Forster, Peter Powell, Sir Brian Tovey, Joe Alaskey
Matthew Bannister on a computer scientist, a writer, a kite inventor, a GCHQ director
Last Word · BBC Radio 4
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Show Notes
Matthew Bannister on
Professor Marvin Minsky - the computer scientist who carried out pioneering work on artificial intelligence.
Margaret Forster who wrote novels like Georgy Girl and acclaimed biographies including a life of Daphne Du Maurier.
Peter Powell who invented the stunt kite and turned it into a global business, before it all came crashing down.
Sir Brian Tovey who was director of the Government Communications Head Quarters - GCHQ - when the government tried to introduce a ban on trade union membership.
And Joe Alaskey, the voice artist behind Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny.