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

The child prodigy pianist Ruth Slenczynska, industry-changing scientist Dame Bridget Ogilvie, Labour politician Tony Worthington and legal pioneer in cyber-crime Rusell Tyner.

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

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91福利社 News, 12/01/2019; 91福利社, Hunting the Lorry Killers, 03/11/202; 91福利社, Eureka, 08/01/1997; 91福利社, Newsnight, 25/10/1999; 91福利社, Current Account, 16/10/1979; 91福利社, Reporting Scotland, 11/02/1994; 91福利社, Newsline, 06/05/1997; 91福利社, Panorama, 18/03/2003

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