Last Word

BBC Radio 4

Radio 4's weekly obituary programme, telling the life stories of those who have died recently

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578 episodes
Updated Friday

Episodes578

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Oct 14, 2022 · 28 min
Dame Angela Lansbury, Lady Keswick, Sacheen Littlefeather, Franca Fendi
Matthew Bannister on an actor, a special adviser, a campaigner, a businesswoman
Oct 7, 2022 · 28 min
Yusuf al-Qaradawi, 'Ma' Smith MBE, Mike Burrows, Loretta Lynn
Matthew Bannister on a Muslim scholar, a voluntary worker, a cycle designer and a singer.
Sep 30, 2022 · 28 min
Dame Hilary Mantel, John McVicar, Joyce Reynolds, Paul Sartin
Matthew Bannister on an author, an ex-offender, a classicist and a musician.
Sep 23, 2022 · 28 min
Jean-Luc Godard, Barbara Ehrenreich, Dennis Wilson, Mavis Nicholson
Kirsty Lang on a film-maker, a writer, a war poet and a broadcaster.
Sep 16, 2022 · 28 min
Bill Turnbull, Anne Sutton, Norah Vincent, Drummie Zeb
Matthew Bannister on a broadcaster, a historian, a writer, a drummer
Sep 2, 2022 · 28 min
Mikhail Gorbachev, Stella 'Jaye' Edwards, Jerry Allison
Matthew Bannister on a president, a pilot and a drummer.
Aug 26, 2022 · 27 min
Margaret Keane, Keith Smith, Mario Fiorentini, Brenda Fisher
Matthew Bannister on an artist, an entrepreneur, a partisan and a swimmer.
Aug 19, 2022 · 28 min
Lamont Dozier, Joan Lingard, Issey Miyake, Edana Minghella
John Wilson on a songwriter, a children's author, a fashion designer, a researcher
Aug 12, 2022 · 27 min
James Lovelock, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Roy Hackett MBE, Dame Olivia Newton-John
Kirsty Lang on a scientist, a terrorist, an activist and a film star.
Aug 5, 2022 · 28 min
Bernard Cribbins OBE (pictured), Diana Kennedy MBE, Sir Colin Blakemore, Nichelle Nichols
Matthew Bannister on an actor, a food writer, a neuroscientist, and an actor.
Jul 29, 2022 · 28 min
Lord David Trimble (pictured), Susie Steiner, Uwe Seeler
John Wilson on a peacemaker, an author and a football legend.
Jul 22, 2022 · 27 min
Tony Sirico (pictured), José Eduardo dos Santos, Ann Shulgin, Ivana Trump
John Wilson on an actor, a president, a therapist and a businesswoman.
Jul 15, 2022 · 27 min
Shinzo Abe (pictured), Mona Hammond OBE, Lorna de Smidt, Monty Norman
Kirsty Lang on a prime minister, an actor, an activist and a composer.
Jul 8, 2022 · 28 min
Baroness Greengross OBE (pictured), Sonny Barger, Technoblade, Qin Yi
Matthew Bannister on a campaigner, a Hell’s Angel, a YouTuber and an actor.
Jul 1, 2022 · 27 min
Dame Deborah James (pictured), Yves Coppens, Revel Guest OBE, Samuel Bhima
Matthew Bannister on a campaigner, a palaeontologist, a film producer and a doctor.
Jun 24, 2022 · 28 min
Dom Phillips (pictured), Stephen S. Thompson, Caroline Drummond, Maureen Hiron
Matthew Bannister on a journalist, a writer, a farming campaigner and a games inventor.
Jun 17, 2022 · 28 min
Dame Paula Rego (pictured), Bruce Kent, Hilary Devey CBE
Matthew Bannister on an artist, a campaigner and an entrepreneur.
Jun 10, 2022 · 28 min
Amanda Claridge, Sidhu Moose Wala (pictured), Mark Sykes, Paul Vance
Matthew Bannister on an archaeologist, a rapper, a gambler and a songwriter.
Jun 3, 2022 · 28 min
Dervla Murphy, Lester Piggott (pictured), Anne Howells
Matthew Bannister on a travel writer, a jockey, a singer
May 27, 2022 · 28 min
Baroness Haleh Afshar, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Kay Mellor, Vangelis (Pictured)
Matthew Bannister on an activist, a president, a writer and a composer.