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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Mar 2, 2018 · 28 min
Sir Lawrence Byford, Sridevi Kapoor, Dame Beulah Bewley, Ernest Hecht, Lewis Gilbert
Matthew Bannister on a publisher, a film director, a doctor, a police officer, a film star
Feb 23, 2018 · 27 min
Billy Graham, Laura Lee, John Morris, John Bosco McAtasney, John Pitman
Matthew Bannister on an evangelist, a sex worker, a composer, a weaver and a reporter.
Feb 16, 2018 · 27 min
Morgan Tsvangirai, Douglas Botting, Professor Patricia Lindop, Asma Jahangir, Vic Damone
Matthew Bannister on a politician, an explorer, a scientist, a lawyer, a singer.
Feb 12, 2018 · 27 min
John Mahoney, Hannah Hauxwell, Professor Kenneth Richard Seddon OBE, Sir John Cotterell, Naomi Parker Fraley
Julian Worricker on an actor, a farmer, a chemist, a fundraiser and a feminist icon.
Feb 2, 2018 · 28 min
Ingvar Kamprad, Elizabeth Hawley, Robert Mann, Jon Castle, Dorothy Malone
Julian Worricker on an entrepreneur, a chronicler, a musician, an activist and an actress.
Jan 26, 2018 · 28 min
Hugh Masekela, Ursula K Le Guin, Mary Lee Berners-Lee, John Barton, Mark E Smith
Obituary series, analysing and celebrating the lives of people who have recently died.
Jan 19, 2018 · 28 min
Rick Jolly, Dolores O'Riordan, Cyrille Regis, Jenny Joseph, Peter Wyngarde
Matthew Bannister on a doctor, a singer, a footballer, a poet, an actor.
Jan 12, 2018 · 28 min
John W Young, Peter Preston, Raymond Thomas, Sir Brian Neill QC, Heather Stewart
Matthew Bannister on an astronaut, an editor, a musician, a judge and a pilot.
Jan 5, 2018 · 27 min
Maureen Baker, Richard Cousins, Bronwen Lady Astor Chatelaine of Cliveden, Meic Povey, Rick Hall
Matthew Bannister on a designer, a businessman, a model, a writer, a producer.
Dec 29, 2017 · 28 min
Sir Peter Burt, Jill Lever, John Mattock, Peter Duffell and Tom Paley
Julian Worricker on a banker, an archivist, a horticulturalist, a director, a musician.
Dec 22, 2017 · 28 min
Professor Heinz Wolff, Aline Countess of Romanones, Tony Whitten, Fritz Lustig, Keely Smith
Matthew Bannister on a bioengineer, a spy, a conservationist, a secret listener, a singer.
Dec 15, 2017 · 28 min
Max Clifford, Norman Baker, Tony Garrett, Virginia Surtees, Keith Chegwin
Matthew Bannister on a publicist, an adventurer, a businessman and a TV presenter.
Dec 8, 2017 · 28 min
King Michael of Romania, Shashi Kapoor, Christine Keeler, Jenny MacGregor, Johnny Hallyday
Matthew Bannister on a king, an actor, a model, a horse rescuer and a singer.
Dec 1, 2017 · 27 min
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Unity Spencer, Lewis Golden OBE, John Butler, Joy Lofthouse
Matthew Bannister on a singer, a businessman, a painter, a piano tuner and a pilot.
Nov 24, 2017 · 28 min
24/11/2017
Matthew Bannister on a police commissioner, a writer, an actor, a murderer, and a pop star
Nov 17, 2017 · 27 min
Lord Hutchinson of Lullington QC, Linda Nochlin, Dennis Banks, Geoff Tootill, Tim Gudgin
Matthew Bannister on a barrister, an art historian, an activist and a computer pioneer.
Nov 10, 2017 · 28 min
Antonio Carluccio, Sima Wali, Richard Wilbur, Mary Reveley, Dudley Simpson
Matthew Bannister on a chef, a campaigner, a poet, a trainer, and a composer.
Nov 3, 2017 · 27 min
Harold Pendleton, Glenn Barr, Iona Opie, Gary Flather QC OBE, Sir John Manduell
Matthew Bannister on a club owner, a politician, a folklorist, a lawyer and a principal.
Oct 27, 2017 · 28 min
Daphne Caruana Galizia, Fats Domino, Rodney Bickerstaffe, Geoffrey Schild, Rosemary Leach
Matthew Bannister on a journalist, a musician, a union leader, a virologist, an actress.
Oct 20, 2017 · 27 min
Sean Hughes, Sir Brian Barder, David Marks, Major Khush Ahmad-ul-Mulk, Marge Calhoun
Matthew Bannister on a comedian, an architect, a prince, a diplomat and a surfer.