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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Oct 9, 2015 · 28 min
Lord Denis Healey, Carmen Balcells, Henning Mankell, Revd Kenneth Leech and Captain Bob Arnott
Lucy Ash on a politician, a literary agent, a crime writer, a QE2 captain and a churchman.
Oct 2, 2015 · 28 min
Brian Friel, General Mario Menendez, Tessa Ransford, John Guillermin, Ben Cauley
Matthew Bannister talks about a playwright, a general, a poet and a director.
Sep 25, 2015 · 27 min
Brian Sewell, Jackie Collins, Ted Smith CBE, PJ Kavanagh, Yogi Berra
Matthew Bannister on an art critic, a novelist, a naturalist, a poet and a baseball player
Sep 18, 2015 · 28 min
Sir David Willcocks, Merv Adelson, Mariem Hassan, Brian Close, Beryl Renwick
Matthew Bannister on a choirmaster, a producer, a singer, a cricketer, a radio presenter.
Sep 11, 2015 · 27 min
Sir Adrian Cadbury, Rico Rodriguez, Ieng Thirith, Margaret Harrison, Judy Carne
Matthew Bannister on a businessman, a trombonist, a Khmer Rouge leader, a charity founder.
Sep 4, 2015 · 28 min
Lord Montagu of Beaulieu, Joy Beverley, Oliver Sacks, Annette Worsley-Taylor
Matthew Bannister talks about a peer, a singer, a neurologist and a fashion promoter.
Aug 28, 2015 · 27 min
Bernie Passingham, Christopher Marshall, Wayne Carson, Michael Turk, Marie Dobbs, Yvonne Craig
Matthew Bannister on a union official, a researcher, a songwriter, a waterman, an author.
Aug 24, 2015 · 28 min
Khaled al-Asaad, Jazz Summers, Jack Gold, Manual Contreras, Dawn Wofford
Lucy Ash on an archaeologist, a music manager, a director, a show jumper and a general.
Aug 14, 2015 · 28 min
David Nobbs, Frances Kelsey, Kyril Zinovieff, Elio Fiorucci, Harry Pitch
Reeta Chakrabarti on a writer, a scientist, a spy, a fashion designer and a musician.
Aug 7, 2015 · 28 min
Cilla Black, Michael Kidson, APJ Abdul Kalam, Evelyn Gillan, George Cole
Matthew Bannister discusses a singer, a teacher, a president, a campaigner and an actor.
Jul 31, 2015 · 28 min
Nova Pilbeam, Reverend Owen Chadwick, Jon Vickers, Yoichiro Nambu, Nick Ryman
Matthew Bannister on a historian, a tenor, a physicist, an actress, a vigneron
Jul 17, 2015 · 27 min
Rev Joyce Bennett, Prince Saud al-Faisal, Burt Shavitz, Michael Oliver, Ian Allan
Matthew Bannister on a priest, a foreign minister, a beekeeper and a medical professor.
Jul 10, 2015 · 26 min
Omar Sharif, Stanley 'Steve' Moore, Jules Wright, Yevgeny Primakov, Ernest Tomlinson
Matthew Bannister on an actor, a detective, a director, a politician and a composer.
Jul 3, 2015 · 27 min
Sir Nicholas Winton, Val Doonican, Nek Chand, James Salter, Lady Rozelle Raynes
Matthew Bannister on a humanitarian, a singer, an artist, a writer and an aristocrat.
Jun 26, 2015 · 28 min
Sir Chris Woodhead, Patrick Macnee, Dame Anne Warburton, Vic Mayhew, James Horner
Matthew Bannister on a school inspector, an actor, a diplomat, a subeditor and a composer.
Jun 19, 2015 · 27 min
Morris Beckman, Ornette Coleman, Tanith Lee, Süleyman Demirel and Doris Hart
Matthew Bannister on an activist, a musician, a writer, a president and a tennis player.
Jun 12, 2015 · 28 min
Christopher Lee, Marguerite Patten, James Last, Major Roy Homard, Ron Moody
Andrea Catherwood on two actors, a polar explorer, a cookery writer and a musician.
Jun 5, 2015 · 28 min
Tariq Aziz, Charles Kennedy, Julie Harris, Alan Bond, Peter Cropper
The lives of two politicians, a costume designer, an entrepreneur and a violinist.