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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Aug 5, 2016 · 27 min
Luc Hoffmann, Sylvia Peters, Joe Powell, William Smethurst, Sandy Pearlman
Matthew Bannister on a naturalist, an announcer, a stuntman, an editor, a rock manager.
Jul 29, 2016 · 28 min
Gary S Paxton, Sally Beauman, Thomas Sutherland, Frank Dickens, Marni Nixon
Matthew Bannister on a hostage, a singer, songwriter and producer, an author, a cartoonist
Jul 22, 2016 · 28 min
Sydney Schanberg, Beatrice de Cardi, Lord Evans of Temple Guiting, Alvin Toffler, Jimmy Gilbert
Matthew Bannister on a journalist, an archaeologist, a publisher, a futurist, a producer.
Jul 22, 2016 · 28 min
Abdul Sattar Edhi, Professor Suzanne Corkin, Bernardo Provenzano, Garry Marshall
Matthew Bannister on a humanitarian, a neuroscientist, a mafia don, a comedy director.
Jul 8, 2016 · 28 min
Caroline Aherne, Elie Wiesel, Sir Geoffrey Hill, Lord Mayhew, Michael Cimino
Matthew Bannister on a comedian, a holocaust survivor, a poet, a politician, a director.
Jul 1, 2016 · 27 min
Amjad Sabri, Lorna Kelly, Jerome Bruner, Bob Holman, Scotty Moore
Matthew Bannister on a singer, an auctioneer, a psychologist, a campaigner, a guitarist.
Jun 24, 2016 · 27 min
Dr Sylvia Meek, Sam King MBE, Chips Moman, Ethel Bush GM, Harry Rabinowitz
Matthew Bannister on a parasitologist, a conductor, a police officer, a mayor, a producer.
Jun 17, 2016 · 27 min
Sir Peter Shaffer, Sir Denys Wilkinson, Peggy Spencer and Muhammad Ali
Julian Worricker on a playwright, a physicist, a dancer and a boxer.
Jun 17, 2016 · 27 min
Jo Cox MP, Dave Swarbrick, Viktor Korchnoi, Wendy Leigh
Reeta Chakrabarti on an MP, a musician, a chess player and a writer.
Jun 3, 2016 · 27 min
Carla Lane, Sir Denys Henderson, Jane Fawcett, Alan Devereux and Buster Cooper
Matthew Bannister on a comedy writer, a businessman, a conservationist, an actor.
May 20, 2016 · 27 min
Professor Robert McNeill Alexander, Reg Grundy, Sally Brampton, Tony Cozier, Madeleine LeBeau
Matthew Bannister on a zoologist, a TV producer, an editor, a cricket commentator.
May 13, 2016 · 28 min
Gareth Gwenlan, Sir Harry Kroto, Michael 'Dandy Kim' Caborn-Waterfield, Lilly Dubowitz, Papa Wemba
Matthew Bannister on a TV producer, a chemist, a wheeler dealer, a paediatrician, a singer
May 6, 2016 · 28 min
Reverend Daniel Berrigan, Lord Walton of Detchant, Jenny Diski, Guy Woolfenden
Matthew Bannister on a peace campaigner, an author, a neurologist and a composer.
Apr 29, 2016 · 28 min
Lord Peston, Ruth Prideaux, Patricio Aylwin, Professor Sir David Mackay, Gareth Thomas
Matthew Bannister on an economist, a cricketer, a Chilean President, a physicist, an actor
Apr 22, 2016 · 28 min
Prince, Ray Fitzwalter, Victoria Wood, June Jolly, Phil Sayer
Matthew Bannister on a rock star, an editor, a comedian, a nurse and an announcer.
Apr 15, 2016 · 28 min
Arnold Wesker, Howard Marks, Peggy Fortnum, Merle Haggard and Rachel Johnson
Matthew Bannister on a playwright, a drug smuggler, an illustrator and a country singer.
Apr 8, 2016 · 28 min
Mother Angelica, Hans-Dietrich Genscher, DJ Derek, Doreen Massey and Joe Medicine Crow
Matthew Bannister on a nun, a German politician, a DJ, a geographer, a native American.
Apr 1, 2016 · 27 min
Dame Zaha Hadid, Ronnie Corbett, General Meir Dagan, Joan Loraine, Gary Shandling
Matthew Bannister on an architect, two comedians, a Mossad chief, a gardener.
Mar 18, 2016 · 28 min
Paul Daniels, Anita Brookner, Sylvia Anderson, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Cliff Michelmore
Matthew Bannister on a broadcaster, a producer, a composer, an author and a magician.
Mar 11, 2016 · 28 min
George Martin, Nancy Reagan, Ray Tomlinson, Gillian Avery
Reeta Chakrabarti on a music producer, a US first lady, an internet pioneer and an author.