Ruth Slenczynska, Dame Bridget Ogilvie, Tony Worthington, Russell Tyner KC

The virtuoso pianist, Ruth Slenczynska was the last living student of Sergei Rachmaninoff. She began performing at the age of four, and was once reputed to be the greatest child prodigy since Mozart. From the Australian outback to the forefront of British science, Dame Bridget Ogilvie was the daughter of sheep farmers who went on to help make the UK a leader in biomedical research. Labour MP, Tony Worthington, survived a violent ambush in Somaliland and played a role in the Northern Ireland peace talks. Crown prosecutor, Russel Tyner KC, was a pioneer in the prosecution of cyber-crime. Presenter: Kirsty Lang Producer: Ben Mitchell Assistant Producer: Lowri Morgan Researcher: Jesse Edwards Editor: Andrea Kennedy Archive: BBC News, 12/01/2019; BBC, Hunting the Lorry Killers, 03/11/202; BBC, Eureka, 08/01/1997; BBC, Newsnight, 25/10/1999; BBC, Current Account, 16/10/1979; BBC, Reporting Scotland, 11/02/1994; BBC, Newsline, 06/05/1997; BBC, Panorama, 18/03/2003

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Ruth Slenczynska, Dame Bridget Ogilvie, Tony Worthington, Russell Tyner KC is an episode from Last Word by BBC.

This episode is 27:39 long.

This episode was published on May 15, 2026.

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