Last Word

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

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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
Alicia Alonso, Deborah Orr, Joyce Cansfield, Clora Bryant
Matthew Bannister on a ballerina, a journalist, a crossword setter, a trumpeter
25 Oct 2019,28 mins
Alexei Leonov, Sally Soames, Kary Mullis, Reg Watson
Matthew Bannister on a cosmonaut, a photographer, a biochemist and a producer
18 Oct 2019,28 mins
Ginger Baker, Su Beng, John Haylett, Diahann Carroll
Matthew Bannister on an activist, a drummer, an editor and an actress.
11 Oct 2019,28 mins
Jessye Norman, Peter Sissons, Al Alvarez, Marita Lorenz
Julian Worricker on a singer, a journalist, an author, a spy.
04 Oct 2019,28 mins
Jacques Chirac, Sir Michael Edwardes, Cokie Roberts, Pat Cavendish O’Neill
Julian Worricker on a politician, a business leader, a TV journalist, a racehorse trainer.
27 Sep 2019,28 mins
Chester Williams, Sheikh Yusuf Motala, Jan Ruff O’Herne, Ric Ocasek
Matthew Bannister on an Islamic scholar, a rugby player, a campaigner and a rock star.
20 Sep 2019,28 mins
Hans Rausing, Sir Dawda Jawara, Sue Crockford, Terrance Dicks
Matthew Bannister on an industrialist, a president, a feminist and a writer.
13 Sep 2019,28 mins
Robert Mugabe, Alla Verber, Ciaran McKeown, Bill Anderson MBE
Matthew Bannister on a president, a fashion buyer, a peace campaigner and a sportsman.
06 Sep 2019,28 mins
Lord Bell, Paule Marshall, David Koch, Richard Booth
Matthew Bannister on a PR executive, a writer, a billionaire and a bookseller.
30 Aug 2019,28 mins