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
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Jun 19, 2020 · 28 min
Dame Vera Lynn, Professor Geoffrey Burnstock, Larry Kramer, Pierre Nkurunziza
Matthew Bannister on a neurobiologist, a campaigner, a president, a singer
Jun 12, 2020 · 28 min
Christo Javacheff, Cathie Sabin OBE, Dorothy Wakely, Jonathan Whitehead
Matthew Bannister on an artist, a tennis administrator, an SOE officer, a musician.
Jun 5, 2020 · 28 min
Dr Stanley Ho, Roger Fellows, Margaret Meek Spencer, Mory Kanté
Julian Worricker on a political campaigner, a gambling tycoon, an educationist, a musician
May 29, 2020 · 28 min
Margaret Maughan, John Cumming OBE, Jerry Givens, John Langdon, Eric Weissberg
Julian Worricker on an athlete, a jazz promoter, a campaigner, a comedy writer.
May 22, 2020 · 28 min
Lord Robert May of Oxford, Dr Judith Darmady OBE, Mark Barkan, Saroj Lal
Matthew Bannister on a mathematical ecologist, a paediatrician, a songwriter, a campaigner
May 15, 2020 · 28 min
Little Richard, Dr Janet Carr OBE, Professor John Horton Conway, Florian Schneider
Matthew Bannister on a rock 'n' roll star, a psychologist, a mathematician, a musician
May 8, 2020 · 28 min
Catherine Hamlin, Irrfan Khan, Denis Goldberg, Ann Sayer
Matthew Bannister on an obstetrician, an actor, an activist, an athlete
May 1, 2020 · 27 min
Ronan O'Rahilly, Sir John Houghton CBE, Sue Davies OBE, Barbara Smoker
Matthew Bannister on a businessman, an atmospheric physicist, a curator, an atheist
Apr 24, 2020 · 28 min
Dame Jocelyn Barrow DBE, Keith Critchlow, Leonard ‘Nipper’ Read, John Prine
Matthew Bannister on an artist and geometrist, a campaigner, a detective, a singer.
Apr 17, 2020 · 28 min
Sir Stirling Moss OBE, Professor Margaret Burbidge, Mahmoud Jibril, Tim Brooke-Taylor OBE
Matthew Bannister on a racing driver, an astronomer, a politician, a comedian
Apr 10, 2020 · 27 min
Dr Bill Frankland MBE, John Tydeman OBE, The Marquess of Bath, Honor Blackman
Julian Worricker on: an allergist, a radio producer, an aristocrat, an actress.
Apr 6, 2020 · 28 min
Albert Uderzo, Valerie Pettit OBE, Reverend Joseph Lowery, Julie Felix
Matthew Bannister on an MI6 officer, a cartoonist, a civil rights leader, a singer.
Mar 27, 2020 · 27 min
Betty Williams, Dr Fuad Nahdi, Sol Kerzner, Kenny Rogers
Matthew Bannister on a journalist and commentator, a businessman, a campaigner, a singer
Mar 20, 2020 · 28 min
Michel Roux, Sammy McCarthy, Lilian Mohin, Roy Hudd
Matthew Bannister on a chef, a boxer, a publisher, an entertainer
Mar 13, 2020 · 28 min
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Max von Sydow, Professor Hannah Steinberg, Charles Portis
Matthew Bannister on a diplomat, an actor, a psychopharmacologist, a writer.
Mar 6, 2020 · 28 min
Katherine Johnson, Nexhmije Hoxha, Sir Michael Berridge, Diana Serra Cary (Baby Peggy)
Matthew Bannister on a Stalinist, a mathematician, a biochemist, a film star.
Feb 28, 2020 · 27 min
Hosni Mubarak, Andrew Weatherall, Mary Higgins Clark, John Bevan
Matthew Bannister on a DJ, a President, a writer and a diver.
Feb 21, 2020 · 28 min
Heather Couper CBE, Leonard Woodley QC, Joseph Shabalala
Matthew Bannister on an astronomer, a barrister, a musician
Feb 14, 2020 · 28 min
Daniel arap Moi, Feng Huiyan, Professor Donald West, Colonel ‘Mad Mike’ Hoare
Julian Worricker on a politician, a teacher, a criminologist, a mercenary.
Feb 7, 2020 · 28 min
Kirk Douglas, Terry Hands CBE, Hazel Murphy, Seamus Mallon
Julian Worricker on a theatre director, a wine marketer, a politician, an actor.