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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Sep 13, 2019 · 28 min
Hans Rausing, Sir Dawda Jawara, Sue Crockford, Terrance Dicks
Matthew Bannister on an industrialist, a president, a feminist and a writer.
Sep 6, 2019 · 28 min
Robert Mugabe, Alla Verber, Ciaran McKeown, Bill Anderson MBE
Matthew Bannister on a president, a fashion buyer, a peace campaigner and a sportsman.
Aug 30, 2019 · 28 min
Lord Bell, Paule Marshall, David Koch, Richard Booth
Matthew Bannister on a PR executive, a writer, a billionaire and a bookseller.
Aug 23, 2019 · 27 min
Peter Fonda, Princess Christina of the Netherlands, Geoffrey Paul OBE, Jim Bouton
Matthew Bannister on a film star, a princess, an editor and a baseball player.
Aug 16, 2019 · 28 min
Julia Farron OBE, Nuon Chea, June Fraser, Marcel Berlins
Julian Worricker on a politician, a dancer, a designer and a lawyer.
Aug 9, 2019 · 27 min
Toni Morrison, Hal Prince, Dr Elizabeth Killick, Li Peng, Barrington Pheloung
Matthew Bannister on an author, a director, an engineer, a premier and a composer.
Aug 2, 2019 · 28 min
Russi Taylor, Beji Caid Essebsi, Jane Hubert, Iván Erőd
Matthew Bannister on a President, a voice artist, an anthropologist and a composer.
Jul 26, 2019 · 28 min
Andrea Camilleri, Johnny Clegg OBE, OIS, Christopher Kraft, Paul Krassner, Professor Rolf Gehlhaar
Matthew Bannister on a writer, a singer, a space mission director, a satirist, a composer.
Jul 19, 2019 · 28 min
Audrey Eyton, Arthur Ryan, Jack Bond, Rip Torn
Matthew Bannister on a retailer, a diet creator, a cricketer and an actor
Jul 12, 2019 · 28 min
Eva Kor, Christopher Booker, João Gilberto, John McCririck
Matthew Bannister on a holocaust survivor, a journalist, a musician and a racing pundit.
Jul 5, 2019 · 28 min
Brenda Maddox, Ivan Cooper, Min Hogg, John Gunther Dean, Dave Bartholomew
Matthew Bannister on a politician, an editor, a diplomat, a writer and a musician
Jun 28, 2019 · 28 min
Dr Henry Lynch, Judith Krantz, Lord Patel of Blackburn, Anthony Hedges
Matthew Bannister on a doctor, an author, a businessman and a composer.
Jun 21, 2019 · 28 min
Franco Zeffirelli, Gloria Vanderbilt, Mohamed Morsi, Philomena Lynott
Matthew Bannister on a director, a designer, a president and a hotelier.
Jun 15, 2019 · 28 min
John Tidmarsh OBE, Sylvia Denman, Paul Darrow, Sheila Turner, Leon Redbone
Matthew Bannister on a broadcaster, a lawyer, an actor, a campaigner and a singer.
Jun 7, 2019 · 28 min
Edward Seaga, Binyavanga Wainaina, Mary Stopes-Roe, Gloria Schiff, Dr John
Julian Worricker on a politician, a writer, an archivist, a fashion editor, a singer.
May 31, 2019 · 27 min
Professor Murray Gell-Mann, Nan Winton, James McCord, Gregory Gray
Matthew Bannister on a physicist, a newsreader, a spy and a singer.
May 24, 2019 · 27 min
Niki Lauda, Judith Kerr, IM Pei, Herman Wouk
Matthew Bannister on a racing driver, a children's author, an architect, a novelist.
May 17, 2019 · 28 min
Doris Day, Brian Walden, Dorothy Rowe, Lorraine Warren
Julian Worricker on an actress, a broadcaster, a psychologist, a paranormal investigator.
May 10, 2019 · 28 min
Winnie Jordan, Richard Green, Karol Modzelewski, Liz Howe, John Singleton
Andrea Catherwood on a runner, a psychiatrist, an activist, an ecologist, a film director
May 3, 2019 · 28 min
Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg, Terry Rawlings, Neus Català, Heather Harper CBE, Peter Mayhew
Matthew Bannister on a Grand Duke, a film editor, a campaigner, a soprano, an actor