Last Word

Radio 4's weekly obituary programme, telling the life stories of those who have died recently

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Lord Robert May of Oxford, Dr Judith Darmady OBE, Mark Barkan, Saroj Lal
Matthew Bannister on a mathematical ecologist, a paediatrician, a songwriter, a campaigner
22 May 2020,28 mins
Little Richard, Dr Janet Carr OBE, Professor John Horton Conway, Florian Schneider
Matthew Bannister on a rock 'n' roll star, a psychologist, a mathematician, a musician
15 May 2020,28 mins
Catherine Hamlin, Irrfan Khan, Denis Goldberg, Ann Sayer
Matthew Bannister on an obstetrician, an actor, an activist, an athlete
08 May 2020,28 mins
Ronan O'Rahilly, Sir John Houghton CBE, Sue Davies OBE, Barbara Smoker
Matthew Bannister on a businessman, an atmospheric physicist, a curator, an atheist
01 May 2020,28 mins
Dame Jocelyn Barrow DBE, Keith Critchlow, Leonard ‘Nipper’ Read, John Prine
Matthew Bannister on an artist and geometrist, a campaigner, a detective, a singer.
24 Apr 2020,28 mins
Sir Stirling Moss OBE, Professor Margaret Burbidge, Mahmoud Jibril, Tim Brooke-Taylor OBE
Matthew Bannister on a racing driver, an astronomer, a politician, a comedian
17 Apr 2020,28 mins
Dr Bill Frankland MBE, John Tydeman OBE, The Marquess of Bath, Honor Blackman
Julian Worricker on: an allergist, a radio producer, an aristocrat, an actress.
10 Apr 2020,28 mins
Albert Uderzo, Valerie Pettit OBE, Reverend Joseph Lowery, Julie Felix
Matthew Bannister on an MI6 officer, a cartoonist, a civil rights leader, a singer.
03 Apr 2020,28 mins
Betty Williams, Dr Fuad Nahdi, Sol Kerzner, Kenny Rogers
Matthew Bannister on a journalist and commentator, a businessman, a campaigner, a singer
27 Mar 2020,28 mins
Michel Roux, Sammy McCarthy, Lilian Mohin, Roy Hudd
Matthew Bannister on a chef, a boxer, a publisher, an entertainer
20 Mar 2020,28 mins
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Max von Sydow, Professor Hannah Steinberg, Charles Portis
Matthew Bannister on a diplomat, an actor, a psychopharmacologist, a writer.
13 Mar 2020,28 mins
Katherine Johnson, Nexhmije Hoxha, Sir Michael Berridge, Diana Serra Cary (Baby Peggy)
Matthew Bannister on a Stalinist, a mathematician, a biochemist, a film star.
06 Mar 2020,28 mins
Hosni Mubarak, Andrew Weatherall, Mary Higgins Clark, John Bevan
Matthew Bannister on a DJ, a President, a writer and a diver.
28 Feb 2020,28 mins
Heather Couper CBE, Leonard Woodley QC, Joseph Shabalala
Matthew Bannister on an astronomer, a barrister, a musician
21 Feb 2020,28 mins
Daniel arap Moi, Feng Huiyan, Professor Donald West, Colonel ‘Mad Mike’ Hoare
Julian Worricker on a politician, a teacher, a criminologist, a mercenary.
14 Feb 2020,28 mins
Kirk Douglas, Terry Hands CBE, Hazel Murphy, Seamus Mallon
Julian Worricker on a theatre director, a wine marketer, a politician, an actor.
07 Feb 2020,28 mins
Nicholas Parsons CBE, Mary Craig, Lord Maclennan of Rogart, Kobe Bryant
Matthew Bannister on a broadcaster, a writer, a politician, a basketball star
31 Jan 2020,28 mins
Tony Garnett, Joy Rainey, Professor Cuchlaine King, Terry Jones
Matthew Bannister on a producer, a racing driver, a geomorphologist, a comedian
24 Jan 2020,28 mins
Sir Roger Scruton FBA, FRSL, Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman, Bobby Neame CBE, Elizabeth Sellars
Matthew Bannister on a philosopher, a Sultan, a brewer, an actress
17 Jan 2020,28 mins
General Qasem Soleimani, M.C. Beaton, George Laurer, Dr Sidney Holt
Matthew Bannister on a general, a writer, an engineer, a biologist
10 Jan 2020,28 mins
Neil Innes, Steve Sawyer, Sheila Mercier, Alasdair Gray
Matthew Bannister on a musician, an activist, an actress, an author
03 Jan 2020,28 mins
Andrew Graham-Yooll OBE, Andrea Newman, Peter Davis, Olly Croft OBE
Julian Worricker on a journalist, a writer, an ornithologist, a darts administrator.
27 Dec 2019,28 mins
Kenny Lynch OBE, Chris Moncrieff CBE, Kate Figes, Branko Lustig
Matthew Bannister on a journalist, an author, a producer, a singer
20 Dec 2019,28 mins
David Bellamy, Nell Gifford, Yasuhiro Nakasone, Mariss Jansons
Matthew Bannister on a botanist, a circus owner, a prime minister, a conductor
13 Dec 2019,28 mins
Bob Willis MBE, Gary Rhodes OBE, Dr Shuping Wang, Sir Stephen Cleobury CBE
Matthew Bannister on a cricketer, a chef, a whistleblower, a musical director
06 Dec 2019,28 mins
Sir Jonathan Miller, Field Marshal Lord Bramall, Clive James AO, CBE
Matthew Bannister on a director, a Field Marshal, a writer
29 Nov 2019,28 mins
Vladimir Bukovsky, Alison Prince, Keith Schellenberg, Robert Ponsonby
Matthew Bannister on a dissident, a writer, a laird, a BBC Controller
22 Nov 2019,28 mins
Nik Powell OBE, James Le Mesurier OBE, Frank Dobson, Hazel Vincent Wallace OBE
Matthew Bannister on a rescue worker, a businessman, an M.P., an impresario
15 Nov 2019,28 mins
Gay Byrne, Sadako Ogata, Robert Evans
Matthew Bannister on a broadcaster, a UN High Commissioner, a film producer
08 Nov 2019,28 mins
Charles Jencks, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Irene Shubik, Raymond Leppard
Matthew Bannister on an architecural historian, an ISIS leader, a TV producer, a conductor
01 Nov 2019,28 mins