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The HeraldAugust 22, 2009

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Swagged with plaudits from the last time round, Sue MacGregor's The Reunion (Radio 4, 11.15am) reunites tomorrow. The final programme in the previous series provided one of the year's most memorable radio conversations as former hostages John McCarthy, Brian Keenan and Terry Waite, together with campaigner Jill Morrell, reflected on the men's incarceration in Lebanon in the 1980s, when only their remarkable spirit and wit saved them from festering rancour.

Tomorrow MacGregor probes deftly her latest guests about the flashy Australian tycoon who turned the flannelled game of cricket on its head. Thirty-two years ago, Kerry Packer cherry-picked the finest international players for his World Series, then sold the television rights. Here key figures in the sport discuss the long- term effects of pushy Packer's cheek.

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