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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Apr 19, 2024 · 27 min
Sir Paul Fox, Lynne Reid Banks, Joan Hills, Amnon Weinstein
Matthew Bannister on a TV executive, an author, an artist, a luthier
Apr 12, 2024 · 27 min
Peter Higgs, Trevor Griffiths, Hella Pick, Margaret Tynes
Matthew Bannister on a physicist, a playwright, a journalist and a singer.
Apr 5, 2024 · 27 min
Joe Lieberman, Diana Baring, Lynn Kinnear, Kay Benbow
Matthew Bannister on a politician, an agent, a landscape architect and a TV executive.
Mar 29, 2024 · 27 min
Richard Taylor, Lisa Lane, Rose Dugdale, Ian Green
John Wilson on a campaigner, a chess champion, an IRA member and a music producer.
Mar 29, 2024 · 18 min
John Boyega on campaigner Richard Taylor, father of Damilola Taylor
John Boyega remembers Richard Taylor, father of his childhood friend Damilola Taylor
Mar 22, 2024 · 27 min
Vince Power CBE, Olga Murray, Akira Toriyama, Cecilia Eckelmann-Battistello
Matthew Bannister on a music promoter, a lawyer, a businesswoman and an artist.
Mar 15, 2024 · 27 min
Audrey Adams, Nicola Trahan, Edward Bond, Eric Carmen
Matthew Bannister on a campaigner, a resistance fighter, a playwright and a musician.
Mar 8, 2024 · 27 min
Iris Apfel, Colin Murray Parkes, Baroness Henig, Jim Lawrence
Matthew Bannister on a designer, a psychiatrist, a politician and a sail maker.
Mar 1, 2024 · 27 min
Nicholas Dimbleby, Lord Patrick Cormack, Wendy Mitchell, Eleanor Fazan
John Wilson on a sculptor, politician, historian, author and a choreographer.
Feb 23, 2024 · 27 min
Alexei Navalny, Dr Brooke Ellison, Gertrude Wright, Steve Brown
John Wilson on a politician, an academic, a translator and a composer.
Feb 9, 2024 · 27 min
Dr Lowitja O’Donoghue, Ian Lavender, Robie Harris, Barry John
Matthew Bannister on a campaigner, an actor, an author and a rugby player.
Feb 2, 2024 · 27 min
Frank Farian, Caroline Richmond, Phil Baines, Norma Izard
Matthew Bannister on a music producer, a medical journalist, a typographer, a cricketer.
Jan 26, 2024 · 27 min
Norma Barzman, Lord Saye and Sele, Jim Hobson, Susan Campbell
Matthew Bannister on a screenwriter, an aristocrat, a police officer and an illustrator.
Jan 19, 2024 · 27 min
Annie Nightingale, Isca Salzberger-Wittenberg, Bryan Ansell, Charlie Allan
Matthew Bannister on a DJ, a psychoanalyst, a games developer and a farmer.
Jan 12, 2024 · 27 min
Camila Batmanghelidjh, Sir Roy Calne, Glynis Johns, J.P.R. Williams
Matthew Bannister on a charity founder, a surgeon, an actor, a rugby player
Jan 5, 2024 · 27 min
John Pilger, KM Peyton, Paula Murphy, Michael Blakemore
Matthew Bannister on a journalist, an author, a racing driver and a director.
Dec 29, 2023 · 27 min
Jacques Delors, Nancy Pearce, Elinor Otto, Tony Allen
Kirsty Lang on a politician, a factory worker, a charity founder and a comedian.
Dec 22, 2023 · 27 min
Maureen Sweeney, Sir Tim Brighouse, Shirley Anne Field, Juanita Castro
Matthew Bannister on a postmistress, an educationalist, an actor and an activist.
Dec 15, 2023 · 27 min
Benjamin Zephaniah, Laura Lean, Stacy Marking, Eric Freeman
Matthew Bannister on a poet, a FANY officer, a documentary maker and a farmer.
Dec 8, 2023 · 27 min
Shane MacGowan, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, Lord Darling, Joan Jara
Matthew Bannister on a singer, a judge, a politician and a campaigner.