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

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Jan 31, 2020 · 27 min
Nicholas Parsons CBE, Mary Craig, Lord Maclennan of Rogart, Kobe Bryant
Matthew Bannister on a broadcaster, a writer, a politician, a basketball star
Jan 24, 2020 · 27 min
Tony Garnett, Joy Rainey, Professor Cuchlaine King, Terry Jones
Matthew Bannister on a producer, a racing driver, a geomorphologist, a comedian
Jan 17, 2020 · 28 min
Sir Roger Scruton FBA, FRSL, Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman, Bobby Neame CBE, Elizabeth Sellars
Matthew Bannister on a philosopher, a Sultan, a brewer, an actress
Jan 10, 2020 · 28 min
General Qasem Soleimani, M.C. Beaton, George Laurer, Dr Sidney Holt
Matthew Bannister on a general, a writer, an engineer, a biologist
Jan 3, 2020 · 27 min
Neil Innes, Steve Sawyer, Sheila Mercier, Alasdair Gray
Matthew Bannister on a musician, an activist, an actress, an author
Dec 27, 2019 · 28 min
Andrew Graham-Yooll OBE, Andrea Newman, Peter Davis, Olly Croft OBE
Julian Worricker on a journalist, a writer, an ornithologist, a darts administrator.
Dec 20, 2019 · 28 min
Kenny Lynch OBE, Chris Moncrieff CBE, Kate Figes, Branko Lustig
Matthew Bannister on a journalist, an author, a producer, a singer
Dec 13, 2019 · 28 min
David Bellamy, Nell Gifford, Yasuhiro Nakasone, Mariss Jansons
Matthew Bannister on a botanist, a circus owner, a prime minister, a conductor
Dec 6, 2019 · 28 min
Bob Willis MBE, Gary Rhodes OBE, Dr Shuping Wang, Sir Stephen Cleobury CBE
Matthew Bannister on a cricketer, a chef, a whistleblower, a musical director
Nov 29, 2019 · 26 min
Sir Jonathan Miller, Field Marshal Lord Bramall, Clive James AO, CBE
Matthew Bannister on a director, a Field Marshal, a writer
Nov 22, 2019 · 27 min
Vladimir Bukovsky, Alison Prince, Keith Schellenberg, Robert Ponsonby
Matthew Bannister on a dissident, a writer, a laird, a BBC Controller
Nov 15, 2019 · 27 min
Nik Powell OBE, James Le Mesurier OBE, Frank Dobson, Hazel Vincent Wallace OBE
Matthew Bannister on a rescue worker, a businessman, an M.P., an impresario
Nov 8, 2019 · 28 min
Gay Byrne, Sadako Ogata, Robert Evans
Matthew Bannister on a broadcaster, a UN High Commissioner, a film producer
Nov 1, 2019 · 28 min
Charles Jencks, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Irene Shubik, Raymond Leppard
Matthew Bannister on an architecural historian, an ISIS leader, a TV producer, a conductor
Oct 25, 2019 · 28 min
Alicia Alonso, Deborah Orr, Joyce Cansfield, Clora Bryant
Matthew Bannister on a ballerina, a journalist, a crossword setter, a trumpeter
Oct 18, 2019 · 27 min
Alexei Leonov, Sally Soames, Kary Mullis, Reg Watson
Matthew Bannister on a cosmonaut, a photographer, a biochemist and a producer
Oct 11, 2019 · 28 min
Ginger Baker, Su Beng, John Haylett, Diahann Carroll
Matthew Bannister on an activist, a drummer, an editor and an actress.
Oct 4, 2019 · 28 min
Jessye Norman, Peter Sissons, Al Alvarez, Marita Lorenz
Julian Worricker on a singer, a journalist, an author, a spy.
Sep 27, 2019 · 28 min
Jacques Chirac, Sir Michael Edwardes, Cokie Roberts, Pat Cavendish O’Neill
Julian Worricker on a politician, a business leader, a TV journalist, a racehorse trainer.
Sep 20, 2019 · 28 min
Chester Williams, Sheikh Yusuf Motala, Jan Ruff O’Herne, Ric Ocasek
Matthew Bannister on an Islamic scholar, a rugby player, a campaigner and a rock star.