The “last days” assembled by this excellent five-parter (22-26 September) took a variety of forms. There was Madeleine, the school administrator, saying goodbye to colleagues and pupils after 22 years in the saddle; there was Ollie, the trampoline instructor, whose non-profit-making community club was having to suspend operations after the hotel in which it operated shut down.Joining them came two rugby players, Will and Damian, the one retiring in glory at the ripe age of 37, the other crippled by injury in mid career; and finally, a man and woman whose removal from office life was rendered more problematic by the fact that they had been made redundant.No doubt vast amounts of pre-programme screening had been undertaken to ensure that suitable participants made it o
02 October 2014, The Tablet
Thanks and goodbye
Last Day, BBC RAdio 4
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