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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Jan 24, 2025 · 27 min
Dame Joan Plowright, Sir Jim Walker, Barbara Clegg, Denis Law
Matthew Bannister on an actress, a businessman, a script writer and a footballer.
Jan 17, 2025 · 27 min
Tony Slattery, Rosalind Savill, Paddy Hill, Noreen Riols
Matthew Bannister on a comedian, a curator, a campaigner and an SOE agent.
Jan 17, 2025 · 24 min
Special Edition: Tony Slattery
Stephen Fry pays tribute to comedian and actor Tony Slattery
Jan 10, 2025 · 27 min
Jean-Marie Le Pen, Catherine Brown, Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes, Johnnie Walker
Matthew Bannister on a French politician, a food writer, a parliamentarian and a DJ.
Jan 3, 2025 · 27 min
Jimmy Carter, Caroline Miller, Manmohan Singh, Jean Adamson
Kirsty Lang on a president, a ballet company CEO, a prime minister and an author.
Dec 27, 2024 · 27 min
Nikki Giovanni, Gerd Heidemann, Cherry Hill, Sir Richard Carew Pole
John Wilson on a poet, a journalist, a model engineer, and a fundraiser.
Dec 20, 2024 · 27 min
Baroness Wilkins, Charles Handy, Renee Bornstein, Tony Brignull
Matthew Bannister on a campaigner, a philosopher, a holocaust survivor and a copywriter.
Dec 13, 2024 · 27 min
Wolfgang Stange, Lord Renfrew, Julie Stevens, Mary McGee
Matthew Bannister on a choreographer, an archaeologist, a TV presenter and a racing driver
Dec 6, 2024 · 27 min
Vicky Stone, Penny Chuter, Clifton Wharton Junior, Peter Sinfield
Matthew Bannister on a film-maker, a rower, a university leader and a lyricist.
Nov 29, 2024 · 27 min
Madeleine Riffaud, Chris Topp, Barbara Taylor Bradford, Dr Julian Litten
Matthew Bannister on a resistance fighter, a blacksmith, an author and a historian.
Nov 22, 2024 · 27 min
Lord Prescott, Stephanie Collie, Dame Janet Nelson, Frank Auerbach
Matthew Bannister on a politician, a costume designer, an historian and an artist.
Nov 15, 2024 · 27 min
Timothy West, Sir John Nott, June Spencer, Nadia Cattouse
Matthew Bannister on an actor, a politician, an actress and a singer.
Nov 8, 2024 · 27 min
Quincy Jones, Janey Godley, Lyudmila Trut, Dr Paul Stephenson
Matthew Bannister on a musician, a comedian, a geneticist and a campaigner.
Nov 1, 2024 · 27 min
Dick Pope, Sister Sally Butler, Professor Tim Darvill OBE, Patti McGee
Matthew Bannister on a cinematographer, a nun, an archaeologist, a skateboarder
Oct 25, 2024 · 27 min
Sir Mike Jackson, Lily Ledbetter, Safeya Binzagr, Steve Piotrowski
Matthew Bannister on a general, a campaigner, an artist and an ornithologist.
Oct 18, 2024 · 27 min
Alex Salmond, Ethel Kennedy, Ratan Tata, Fleur Adcock
Kirsty Lang on a politician, a campaigner, a businessman and a poet.
Oct 11, 2024 · 27 min
Lord Ouseley, Norman Ackroyd, Lore Segal, Cissy Houston
John Wilson on a campaigner, artist, writer and a singer.
Oct 4, 2024 · 27 min
Kris Kristofferson, Camilla Carr, Hassan Nasrallah, Maria Benitez
John Wilson on a songwriter, an aid worker, a militia leader and a flamenco dancer
Sep 27, 2024 · 27 min
Peter Jay, Ed Johnson, Dame Elizabeth Esteve-Coll, Deborah Roberts
Matthew Bannister on a diplomat and journalist, a CIA agent, a museum director, a singer.
Sep 20, 2024 · 27 min
Dr George Berci, Olga Craig, Michaela Mabinty DePrince, Tony Strong
Matthew Bannister on a surgeon, a journalist, a dancer and a scenic artist.