Last Word

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

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Peter Jay, Ed Johnson, Dame Elizabeth Esteve-Coll, Deborah Roberts
Matthew Bannister on a diplomat and journalist, a CIA agent, a museum director, a singer.
27 Sep 2024,28 mins
Dr George Berci, Olga Craig, Michaela Mabinty DePrince, Tony Strong
Matthew Bannister on a surgeon, a journalist, a dancer and a scenic artist.
20 Sep 2024,28 mins
James Earl Jones, Dr Helen Fisher, Sergio Mendes, Maureen Nicol
Matthew Bannister on an actor, an anthropologist, a musician and an organiser.
13 Sep 2024,28 mins
Claire Lomas, Phil Swern, Countess of Airlie, Geoff Mumford
Matthew Bannister on a campaigner, a producer, a countess and a brewer.
06 Sep 2024,28 mins
Mike Lynch, Nell McCafferty, Ruth Colvin, Sven-Göran Eriksson
Matthew Bannister on an entrepreneur, journalist, literacy campaigner and football manager
30 Aug 2024,27 mins
Phil Donahue, Countess Diana Phipps Sternberg, Mary Gibby, Toumani Diabaté
Matthew Bannister on a TV presenter, a designer, a botanist and a musician.
23 Aug 2024,28 mins
Susan Wojcicki, Lord Colwyn, Sir Ernest Hall, Mísia
Kirsty Lang on an internet pioneer, a dentist, an entrepreneur and a musician.
16 Aug 2024,28 mins
Lord Fellowes, Professor Helen Whitwell, David Power, Irène Schweizer
Matthew Bannister on a private secretary, pathologist, a businessman and a musician.
09 Aug 2024,28 mins
Edna O’Brien, Sir Kenneth Grange, Ewy Rosqvist, John Mayall
John Wilson on an author, a designer, a rally car driver and a blues musician.
02 Aug 2024,28 mins
Dr Mildred Stahlman, Ray Reardon, Val McIver, Eddie Spence
Matthew Bannister on a paediatrician, a snooker player, a councillor and a cake decorator.
26 Jul 2024,28 mins
Dr Ruth Westheimer, Mike Corfield, Shelley Duvall, Veronica Smith
Matthew Bannister on a sex therapist, a conservator, an actor and a campaigner.
19 Jul 2024,28 mins
Dr Richard Taylor, Jack Rowell, Claudia Williams, Christophe Deloire
Matthew Bannister on an MP, a rugby coach, an artist and a campaigner.
12 Jul 2024,28 mins
Frank Duckworth, Leah Levin, Professor Mary-Lou Pardue, Joss Naylor
Matthew Bannister on a statistician, a campaigner, a biologist and a fell runner.
05 Jul 2024,28 mins
Sir Howard Bernstein, Joan Brady, Gene Nora Jessen, Arthur “Gaps” Hendrickson
Matthew Bannister on a civil servant, an author, a pilot and a singer.
28 Jun 2024,28 mins
Sir Oliver Popplewell, Lynn Conway, Tony Bramwell, Francoise Hardy
Kirsty Lang on a judge, a computer pioneer, a music producer and a singer.
21 Jun 2024,28 mins
Michael Mosley, Dame Elizabeth Fradd, Nonny Hogrogian, Ron Ayers
Kirsty Lang on a broadcaster, a nurse, an illustrator and an aerodynamicist.
14 Jun 2024,28 mins
Nora Cortiñas, Belinda Belville, John Burnside, Roger Corman
Matthew Bannister on a campaigner, a designer, a poet and a film director.
07 Jun 2024,28 mins
Richard M Sherman, Professor Wendy James CBE , Morgan Spurlock, June Mendoza OBE
Matthew Bannister on a songwriter, an artist, a film-maker and an anthropologist.
31 May 2024,28 mins
Sir Tony O'Reilly, President Ebrahim Raisi, Penny Simkin, Professor Alasdair Geddes
Matthew Bannister on a businessman, a president, a doula and an infectious diseases expert
24 May 2024,28 mins
Dame Shirley Conran, Doreen Massey, Beverley LaHaye, Steve Albini
Matthew Bannister on a writer, an educator, a campaigner and a musician.
17 May 2024,28 mins
Anne Dagg, Ross Anderson, Cecil Murray, Kris Hallenga
Matthew Bannister on a biologist, a computer scientist, a pastor and a campaigner.
10 May 2024,28 mins
C.J.Sansom, Olga Fikotová-Connolly, Dr Jenny Vaughan OBE, Sir Andrew Davis
Matthew Bannister on an author, a campaigner, an Olympic medallist and a conductor.
03 May 2024,28 mins
C.J.Sansom, Olga Fikotová-Connolly, Dr Jenny Vaughan OBE, Sir Andrew Davies
Matthew Bannister on an author, a campaigner, an Olympic medallist, a conductor
03 May 2024,27 mins
Terry Anderson, Trina Robbins, Lord Field, Ann Trevenen Jenkin
Matthew Bannister on a journalist, a politician, as cartoonist and a bard.
26 Apr 2024,28 mins
“I was born while my father was a hostage”
Sulome Anderson remembers her father, journalist Terry Anderson
26 Apr 2024,23 mins
Sir Paul Fox, Lynne Reid Banks, Joan Hills, Amnon Weinstein
Matthew Bannister on a TV executive, an author, an artist, a luthier
19 Apr 2024,28 mins
Peter Higgs, Trevor Griffiths, Hella Pick, Margaret Tynes
Matthew Bannister on a physicist, a playwright, a journalist and a singer.
12 Apr 2024,28 mins
Joe Lieberman, Diana Baring, Lynn Kinnear, Kay Benbow
Matthew Bannister on a politician, an agent, a landscape architect and a TV executive.
05 Apr 2024,28 mins
Richard Taylor, Lisa Lane, Rose Dugdale, Ian Green
John Wilson on a campaigner, a chess champion, an IRA member and a music producer.
29 Mar 2024,28 mins
John Boyega on campaigner Richard Taylor, father of Damilola Taylor
John Boyega remembers Richard Taylor, father of his childhood friend Damilola Taylor
29 Mar 2024,18 mins