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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Jan 6, 2017 · 28 min
John Berger, Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher, Henry Heimlich, Patsy Crampton, Brian Widlake and George Michael
Julian Worricker on a writer, a linguist, a broadcaster, a musician, a surgeon, two actors
Dec 23, 2016 · 28 min
Michael Nicholson, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Lord Prior, Rabbi Lionel Blue, Pauline Oliveros
Julian Worricker on a journalist, an actress, a politician, a rabbi, a composer.
Dec 16, 2016 · 27 min
Peter Gibson, AA Gill, Coral Atkins, William Chaloner, Ian McCaskill
Matthew Bannister on a glazier, a journalist, a carer, a palaeobotanist, a weatherman.
Dec 9, 2016 · 28 min
John Glenn, Peter Vaughan, Jayalalithaa Jayaram, Greg Lake
Matthew Bannister on an astronaut, an actor, an Indian politician, a musician.
Dec 2, 2016 · 28 min
Andrew Sachs, Fidel Castro, Mose Allison, The Honourable Margaret Rhodes
Matthew Bannister on an actor, a revolutionary leader, a singer, the Queen's cousin.
Nov 25, 2016 · 28 min
Martin Aitchison, Sir Mota Singh QC, William Trevor, Ruth Gruber, David Mancuso
Kate Silverton on an artist, a judge, a writer, a photojournalist and a party host.
Nov 18, 2016 · 28 min
Robert Vaughn, Sir Sigmund Sternberg, Carolyn Hardy OBE, Ewen Whitaker, Claude 'Curly' Putman
Matthew Bannister on an actor, an astronomer, a gardener, a philanthropist, a singer.
Nov 11, 2016 · 28 min
Leonard Cohen, Lt Col Robert Montgomery MC, Janet Reno, Sir Jimmy Young
Matthew Bannister on a singer, a war hero, a US attorney general, a broadcaster.
Nov 4, 2016 · 27 min
Tom Hayden, Valerie Hunter Gordon, Carole Blake, Anne Pashley
Matthew Bannister on a political activist, an inventor, a literary agent, an opera singer.
Oct 28, 2016 · 28 min
Raine, Countess Spencer, James "Jimmy" Perry, Stylianos Pattakos, Howard Davies, Bobby Vee
Matthew Bannister on a countess, a comedy writer, a Greek general, a director, a singer.
Oct 21, 2016 · 28 min
Jean Alexander, Trinh Thi Ngo, Ian Mercer, Joseph Harmatz, Joan Marie Johnson
Matthew Bannister on an actress, a broadcaster, a naturalist, an 'Avenger' and a singer.
Oct 14, 2016 · 28 min
King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Dario Fo, Jean Bloxam, Andrew Vicari, Don Buchla
Matthew Bannister on a king, a playwright, a racing driver, a painter, a musical inventor.
Oct 7, 2016 · 27 min
Sir Neville Marriner, Father Gabriele Amorth, Beryl Crockford, Professor Louis Herman, Rod Temperton
Matthew Bannister on a conductor, an exorcist, a rower, a psychologist and a songwriter.
Sep 30, 2016 · 28 min
Shimon Peres, Nathalie Evans, Arnold Palmer, Bill Mollison, Jean Shepard
Shimon Peres, Nathalie Evans, Arnold Palmer, Bill Mollison, Jean Shepard.
Sep 23, 2016 · 28 min
Edward Albee, James Cronin, Caroline Thomson OBE, Sir Frederick Holliday, Charmian Carr
Matthew Bannister on a playwright, a physicist, a health administrator and a zoologist.
Sep 16, 2016 · 27 min
Barry Myers, Eileen Younghusband, Robin Spark, Keith McDougall, Prince Buster
Matthew Bannister on a director, a filter officer, an artist, a countryman, a ska star.
Sep 9, 2016 · 28 min
The Right Rev David Jenkins, Dame Margaret Anstee, Islam Karimov, Richard Neville
Matthew Bannister on a bishop, a diplomat, a president and an editor.
Sep 2, 2016 · 28 min
Joao Havelange, Sonia Rykiel, Gene Wilder, Toots Thielemans
Matthew Bannister on a FIFA president, a fashion designer, an actor, a jazz musician.
Aug 26, 2016 · 28 min
Sir Antony Jay, Donald Henderson, Tom Cholmondeley, Patsy Wright-Warren CBE, Lord Rix
Julian Worricker on a writer, an epidemiologist, an aristocrat, a nurse, an entertainer.
Aug 12, 2016 · 28 min
Bishop Edward Daly, Ahmed Zewail, Suzanne Wright, Duke of Westminster, Ivo Pitanguy
Matthew Bannister on a bishop, a chemist, an autism campaigner, a duke, a plastic surgeon.