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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Dec 1, 2023 · 27 min
Henry Kissinger, Terry Venables, Paul Watson, Rachel Heller
Matthew Bannister on a US diplomat, a football manager, a documentary maker and an artist.
Nov 24, 2023 · 27 min
Captain Don Walsh, Dame A.S. Byatt, Rosalynn Carter, Dr Finlay Macleod
Matthew Bannister on a submariner, an author, a First Lady and a Gaelic speaker.
Nov 17, 2023 · 27 min
Peter Betts, Audrey Salkeld, Heather Rogers KC, Louise Meriwether
Matthew Bannister on a civil servant, a mountaineering historian, a lawyer and a writer.
Nov 10, 2023 · 27 min
Ken Mattingly, Anne Wright, Mary Gallacher, David Kirke
Matthew Bannister on an astronaut, a conservationist, an Ibrox legend and a sports pioneer
Nov 3, 2023 · 27 min
Matthew Perry, Benedict Birnberg, Field Marshall Muthoni Wa Kirima, Professor Jose Harris
Matthew Bannister on a lawyer, a historian, a Mau Mau fighter and an actor.
Oct 30, 2023 · 27 min
Sir Bobby Charlton, Dr Evelyn Fox Keller, Julian Bahula, Haydn Gwynne
Matthew Bannister on a footballer, a scientist, a musician and an actor.
Oct 20, 2023 · 27 min
Charles ‘Chuck’ Feeney, Phyllis ‘Pippa’ Latour, Florence Fisher, Dr Nicholas Arnold
Kirsty Lang on a businessman, an agent, a campaigner, a herpetologist
Oct 13, 2023 · 27 min
Kirsty Smitten, Kat Anderson, Beverly Willis, Tony Wade
Kirsty Lang on a scientist, an architect, an entrepreneur and a singer.
Oct 6, 2023 · 27 min
Michael Gambon, Pat Arrowsmith, Treleven Haysom, Dianne Feinstein
Matthew Bannister on an actor, a campaigner, a stonemason and a US senator.
Sep 29, 2023 · 27 min
Gita Mehta, Matteo Messina Denaro, Irma Brenman Pick, John Stevenson
Matthew Bannister on an author, a mafia boss, a psychoanalyst and a scriptwriter.
Sep 22, 2023 · 27 min
Sir Horace Ové, Su Gorman, Roger Whittaker, Jean Combes
Matthew Bannister on a film director, a campaigner, a singer and a naturalist.
Sep 15, 2023 · 27 min
Mike Yarwood, Ada Deer, Sir Ian Wilmut, Dorothy Purdew
Matthew Bannister on an impressionist, a campaigner, an embryologist and a businesswoman.
Sep 8, 2023 · 27 min
Mohamed Al-Fayed, Dorothy Goodman, Professor Anthony Bryceson, Denyse Plummer
Matthew Bannister on a businessman, a educationalist, a tropical medicine expert, a singer
Sep 1, 2023 · 27 min
Julian Haviland, Johaar Mosaval, Tricia Tyler, Matyelok Gibbs
Matthew Bannister on a political editor, a dancer, a journalist and an actor.
Aug 25, 2023 · 27 min
Michael Parkinson, Renata Scotto, John Brierly, Isobel Crook
John Wilson on a broadcaster, an Italian soprano, an author and an anthropologist
Aug 24, 2023 · 40 min
SPECIAL EDITION: Michael Parkinson
John Wilson talks to Sir Michael Parkinson's son Mike
Aug 18, 2023 · 27 min
Nick Kaiser, Angela Flowers, Robbie Shepherd, Doreen Mantle.
Kirsty Lang on an actress, a British scientist, a gallerist, a Scottish broadcaster.
Aug 11, 2023 · 27 min
Sir Michael Boyd, Jess Search, Warren Ford, Leny Andrade
Kirsty Lang on an artistic director, a documentary maker, a tea consultant and a singer
Aug 4, 2023 · 27 min
Richard Barancik, Yvonne Littlewood MBE, Edward Sexton, Dr Christian Carritt
Kirsty Lang on a soldier, a television producer, a tailor and a doctor.
Jul 28, 2023 · 27 min
George Alagiah, Sinead O'Connor, Ann Clwyd, Tony Bennett, and Trevor Francis
John Wilson on a journalist, a singer-songwriter, a politician, a singer, a footballer