Last Word

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

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Joe Jackson, Paul Lamplugh OBE, Myrtle Allen, Daisy Kadibil, Paddy Feeny
Matthew Bannister on a manager, a campaigner, a chef, an escapee and a broadcaster.
29 Jun 2018,28 mins
Gennady Rozhdestvensky CBE, Maria Bueno, Gena Turgel, Zhao Kangmin, Leo Sarkisian
Matthew Bannister on a conductor, a tennis player, a holocaust survivor, an archaeologist.
22 Jun 2018,28 mins
Peter Mayer, Professor Celia Brackenridge OBE, Anthony Bourdain, Leslie Grantham, Teddy Johnson
Tina Daheley on a publisher, a sports scientist, a chef, an actor and a singer.
15 Jun 2018,28 mins
Peter Stringfellow, Graham Corbett, Kate Spade, Lord John Julius Norwich, Eli Avivi
Tina Daheley on a nightclub owner, a businessman, a fashion designer and a historian.
08 Jun 2018,28 mins
John Ashdown-Hill, Anne Coates OBE, Dr Davida Coady, Samuel F 'Ted' Dabney, Brendan Ingle
Matthew Bannister on a film editor, a historian, a doctor, a video game pioneer, a trainer
01 Jun 2018,28 mins
Beth Chatto, Philip Roth, Doreen Simmons, Khurshid Drabu, June Milne.
Julian Worricker on a gardener, an author, a judge, a sumo expert, a publisher.
25 May 2018,28 mins
Baroness Jowell, Will Alsop, Tom Wolfe, Dennis Nilsen
Matthew Bannister on a politician, a writer, a murderer and an architect.
18 May 2018,28 mins
Bruce Tulloh, Emma Smith, Professor Peter Waddington, Dowager Countess of Harewood, Ronald Chesney
Matthew Bannister on a runner, an author, a sociologist, a Countess and a comedy writer.
11 May 2018,28 mins
Lord Martin of Springburn, Gustav Born, Valerie Riches, Caroline Brown, Michael Anderson
Matthew Bannister on an MP, a musician, a campaigner, a pharmacologist and a film director
04 May 2018,28 mins
Avicii (Tim Bergling), Ruth Nussenzweig, Anita Shreve, Guy Playfair, Bob Bura
Matthew Bannister on a DJ, a medical researcher, a novelist, a ghost hunter, an animator.
27 Apr 2018,28 mins
Barbara Bush, Milos Forman, Dame Daphne Sheldrick, Livia Gollancz, Dale Winton
Matthew Bannister on a First Lady, a director, a conservationist, a publisher, a presenter
20 Apr 2018,28 mins
Gillian Ayres, Efraín Ríos Montt, David Cobham, Nikki Sievwright, Fergus Anckorn
Matthew Bannister on an artist, a dictator, a naturalist, a model and a magician.
13 Apr 2018,28 mins
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Drue Heinz DBE, Ray Wilkins MBE, Eric Bristow, Steven Bochco
Matthew Bannister on a campaigner, a philanthropist, a footballer, a darts player.
06 Apr 2018,28 mins
Charles P Lazarus, Marielle Franco, John Brookes, Zena Skinner, Oskar Groning
Obituary series, analysing and celebrating the lives of people who have recently died.
30 Mar 2018,28 mins
Brenda Dean, William McAlpine, Keith O'Brien, Katie Boyle, Garech Browne
Matthew Bannister on a union leader, a businessman, a cardinal, a presenter, a folklorist.
23 Mar 2018,28 mins
Professor Stephen Hawking, Hubert de Givenchy, Michele Hanson, Sir John Sulston, Sir Ken Dodd
Matthew Bannister on a cosmologist, a designer, a columnist, a biologist and a comedian.
16 Mar 2018,28 mins
Trevor Baylis, Lerone Bennett Jr, Penny Vincenzi, Ian Aitken, Sir Roger Bannister
Matthew Bannister on an inventor, a historian, a novelist, a columnist and a runner.
09 Mar 2018,28 mins
Sir Lawrence Byford, Sridevi Kapoor, Dame Beulah Bewley, Ernest Hecht, Lewis Gilbert
Matthew Bannister on a publisher, a film director, a doctor, a police officer, a film star
02 Mar 2018,28 mins
Billy Graham, Laura Lee, John Morris, John Bosco McAtasney, John Pitman
Matthew Bannister on an evangelist, a sex worker, a composer, a weaver and a reporter.
23 Feb 2018,28 mins
Morgan Tsvangirai, Douglas Botting, Professor Patricia Lindop, Asma Jahangir, Vic Damone
Matthew Bannister on a politician, an explorer, a scientist, a lawyer, a singer.
16 Feb 2018,28 mins
John Mahoney, Hannah Hauxwell, Professor Kenneth Richard Seddon OBE, Sir John Cotterell, Naomi Parker Fraley
Julian Worricker on an actor, a farmer, a chemist, a fundraiser and a feminist icon.
09 Feb 2018,28 mins
Ingvar Kamprad, Elizabeth Hawley, Robert Mann, Jon Castle, Dorothy Malone
Julian Worricker on an entrepreneur, a chronicler, a musician, an activist and an actress.
02 Feb 2018,28 mins
Hugh Masekela, Ursula K Le Guin, Mary Lee Berners-Lee, John Barton, Mark E Smith
Obituary series, analysing and celebrating the lives of people who have recently died.
26 Jan 2018,28 mins
Rick Jolly, Dolores O'Riordan, Cyrille Regis, Jenny Joseph, Peter Wyngarde
Matthew Bannister on a doctor, a singer, a footballer, a poet, an actor.
19 Jan 2018,28 mins
John W Young, Peter Preston, Raymond Thomas, Sir Brian Neill QC, Heather Stewart
Matthew Bannister on an astronaut, an editor, a musician, a judge and a pilot.
12 Jan 2018,28 mins
Maureen Baker, Richard Cousins, Bronwen Lady Astor Chatelaine of Cliveden, Meic Povey, Rick Hall
Matthew Bannister on a designer, a businessman, a model, a writer, a producer.
05 Jan 2018,28 mins
Sir Peter Burt, Jill Lever, John Mattock, Peter Duffell and Tom Paley
Julian Worricker on a banker, an archivist, a horticulturalist, a director, a musician.
29 Dec 2017,28 mins
Professor Heinz Wolff, Aline Countess of Romanones, Tony Whitten, Fritz Lustig, Keely Smith
Matthew Bannister on a bioengineer, a spy, a conservationist, a secret listener, a singer.
22 Dec 2017,28 mins
Max Clifford, Norman Baker, Tony Garrett, Virginia Surtees, Keith Chegwin
Matthew Bannister on a publicist, an adventurer, a businessman and a TV presenter.
15 Dec 2017,28 mins
King Michael of Romania, Shashi Kapoor, Christine Keeler, Jenny MacGregor, Johnny Hallyday
Matthew Bannister on a king, an actor, a model, a horse rescuer and a singer.
08 Dec 2017,28 mins