Last Word

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

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Baroness Greengross OBE (pictured), Sonny Barger, Technoblade, Qin Yi
Matthew Bannister on a campaigner, a Hell’s Angel, a YouTuber and an actor.
08 Jul 2022,28 mins
Dame Deborah James (pictured), Yves Coppens, Revel Guest OBE, Samuel Bhima
Matthew Bannister on a campaigner, a palaeontologist, a film producer and a doctor.
01 Jul 2022,28 mins
Dom Phillips (pictured), Stephen S. Thompson, Caroline Drummond, Maureen Hiron
Matthew Bannister on a journalist, a writer, a farming campaigner and a games inventor.
24 Jun 2022,28 mins
Dame Paula Rego (pictured), Bruce Kent, Hilary Devey CBE
Matthew Bannister on an artist, a campaigner and an entrepreneur.
17 Jun 2022,28 mins
Amanda Claridge, Sidhu Moose Wala (pictured), Mark Sykes, Paul Vance
Matthew Bannister on an archaeologist, a rapper, a gambler and a songwriter.
10 Jun 2022,28 mins
Dervla Murphy, Lester Piggott (pictured), Anne Howells
Matthew Bannister on a travel writer, a jockey, a singer
03 Jun 2022,28 mins
Baroness Haleh Afshar, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Kay Mellor, Vangelis (Pictured)
Matthew Bannister on an activist, a president, a writer and a composer.
27 May 2022,28 mins
Shireen Abu Akleh, Robert Gillmor, Leonid Kravchuk (pictured), Carrie White
Matthew Bannister on a journalist, an artist, a president and a hairdresser.
20 May 2022,28 mins
Kathy Boudin, Dennis Waterman (pictured), Sidney Altman, Régine Zylberberg
Matthew Bannister on an activist, an actor, a biologist, a night club owner.
13 May 2022,28 mins
Colonel Alan Jenkins, Mary Monson, Elspeth Barker, Art Rupe (pictured)
Matthew Bannister on a soldier, a lawyer, an author and a music producer.
06 May 2022,28 mins
Yvonne Blenkinsop (pictured), Dr Margaret Carswell, Mikhail Vasenkov, Denise Coffey
Matthew Bannister on a campaigner, an ornithologist, a spy, an actor
29 Apr 2022,28 mins
Mimi Reinhard, Sir Harrison Birtwistle (pictured), Sylvia Lancaster OBE, Letizia Battaglia
John Wilson on a Holocaust survivor, a composer, a campaigner and a photographer.
22 Apr 2022,28 mins
Jordan Mooney (pictured), Jack Higgins, Robert Ashe, David McKee
John Wilson on a punk icon, a writer, an aid worker and an illustrator.
15 Apr 2022,28 mins
Derek Mack (pictured), June Brown, Doris Derby, Dave Sales
Matthew Bannister on a rocket engineer, an actor, a civil rights campaigner, a fisherman.
08 Apr 2022,28 mins
Madeleine Albright (pictured), Peter Padfield, Christina Smith, Sheila Paine
Matthew Bannister on a US politician, a naval historian, an entrepreneur, a textile expert
01 Apr 2022,28 mins
Bruce Page, Dottie Frazier, Josephine Veasey (pictured), Maynard Davies
Matthew Bannister on a journalist, a diver, a singer and a bacon curer
25 Mar 2022,28 mins
Mary Coombs, Paul Farmer, Leslie Lonsdale-Cooper, William Hurt (pictured)
John Wilson on a computer programmer, a medical anthropologist, a translator and an actor.
18 Mar 2022,28 mins
Shirley Hughes (pictured), Roger Graef, Shane Warne
Matthew Bannister on a children’s author and illustrator, a documentary maker, a cricketer
11 Mar 2022,28 mins
Sonny Ramadhin (pictured), Sister Catherine Wybourne, Captain Raymond Savage, Anna Karen
Matthew Bannister on a cricketer, a nun, a soldier and an actor
04 Mar 2022,28 mins
Jamal Edwards MBE, P.J. O'Rourke (pictured), Romaine Hart OBE, Ronnie Campbell
Matthew Bannister on a music entrepreneur, a writer, a cinema owner, a crofter
25 Feb 2022,28 mins
Beryl Vertue CBE (pictured), Flavio Carboni, Phil Harvey, Lata Mangeshkar
Matthew Bannister on a producer, a 'fixer', a businessman, a singer
18 Feb 2022,28 mins
Bamber Gascoigne (pictured), Norma Waterson, Claire Tomlinson, Thich Nhat Hanh
Matthew Bannister on a broadcaster, a singer, a polo player and a Buddhist monk.
11 Feb 2022,28 mins
Sir Crispin Tickell, Barry Cryer (pictured), Darlene Hard, Elza Soares
Julian Worricker on a diplomat, a comedian, a sportswoman and a singer
04 Feb 2022,28 mins
Meat Loaf (pictured), André Leon Talley, Jana Bennett, Kristin Baybars
Matthew Bannister on a singer, a fashion editor, a BBC executive, a toymaker
28 Jan 2022,28 mins
Lord Sainsbury, David Stuart, Elizabeth Selby, Ronnie Spector (pictured)
Matthew Bannister on a businessman, an LGBT support worker, a photo agent, a singer
21 Jan 2022,28 mins
Sidney Poitier (pictured), EO Wilson, Sarah Weddington, Assunta 'Pupetta' Maresca
Matthew Bannister on an actor, a biologist, a lawyer and a mafia boss.
14 Jan 2022,28 mins
Lord Rogers (pictured), April Ashley MBE, Joan Didion, Ray Illingworth
Matthew Bannister on an architect, a transgender pioneer, a writer, a cricketer
07 Jan 2022,28 mins
Janice Long (pictured), Marvin Hagler, Esther Bejarano, Leslie Bricusse
Julian Worricker on a DJ, a boxer, a Holocaust survivor and a songwriter.
31 Dec 2021,28 mins
bell hooks (pictured), Shirley McGreal, Lionel Blair, Melvin Van Peebles
Julian Worricker on a writer, a conservationist, an entertainer, a film director.
24 Dec 2021,28 mins
Mary Maher, Robbie Shakespeare (pictured), Anwar Ditta, Anne Rice
Matthew Bannister on a journalist, a bass player, a campaigner and an author.
17 Dec 2021,28 mins