Last Word Podcast
Radio 4's weekly obituary programme, telling the life stories of those who have died recently
Episodes to download
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Brenda Maddox, Ivan Cooper, Min Hogg, John Gunther Dean, Dave Bartholomew
Fri 5 Jul 2019
Matthew Bannister on a politician, an editor, a diplomat, a writer and a musician
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Dr Henry Lynch, Judith Krantz, Lord Patel of Blackburn, Anthony Hedges
Fri 28 Jun 2019
Matthew Bannister on a doctor, an author, a businessman and a composer.
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Franco Zeffirelli, Gloria Vanderbilt, Mohamed Morsi, Philomena Lynott
Fri 21 Jun 2019
Matthew Bannister on a director, a designer, a president and a hotelier.
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John Tidmarsh OBE, Sylvia Denman, Paul Darrow, Sheila Turner, Leon Redbone
Fri 14 Jun 2019
Matthew Bannister on a broadcaster, a lawyer, an actor, a campaigner and a singer.
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Edward Seaga, Binyavanga Wainaina, Mary Stopes-Roe, Gloria Schiff, Dr John
Fri 7 Jun 2019
Julian Worricker on a politician, a writer, an archivist, a fashion editor, a singer.
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Professor Murray Gell-Mann, Nan Winton, James McCord, Gregory Gray
Fri 31 May 2019
Matthew Bannister on a physicist, a newsreader, a spy and a singer.
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Niki Lauda, Judith Kerr, IM Pei, Herman Wouk
Fri 24 May 2019
Matthew Bannister on a racing driver, a children's author, an architect, a novelist.
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Doris Day, Brian Walden, Dorothy Rowe, Lorraine Warren
Fri 17 May 2019
Julian Worricker on an actress, a broadcaster, a psychologist, a paranormal investigator.
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Winnie Jordan, Richard Green, Karol Modzelewski, Liz Howe, John Singleton
Fri 10 May 2019
Andrea Catherwood on a runner, a psychiatrist, an activist, an ecologist, a film director
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Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg, Terry Rawlings, Neus Catal脿, Heather Harper CBE, Peter Mayhew
Fri 3 May 2019
Matthew Bannister on a Grand Duke, a film editor, a campaigner, a soprano, an actor
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Lyra McKee, Una-Mary Parker, Mira Markovic, Doreen Spooner, Edward Kelsey
Fri 26 Apr 2019
Matthew Bannister on a journalist, a writer, a politician, a photographer, an actor
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David Thouless, Nadja Poderegin, Ian Cognito, Dr Michael O鈥橠onnell, Les Reed
Fri 19 Apr 2019
Julian Worricker on a scientist, an actress, a comedian, a journalist, a songwriter.
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Sydney Brenner, Dan Robbins, Edda Tasiemka, Ian McDonald
Fri 12 Apr 2019
Matthew Bannister on a biologist, an artist, an archivist and a spokesman.
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Michel Bacos, Agnes Varda, Victor Hochhauser CBE, Barbara Low, Ranking Roger
Fri 5 Apr 2019
Matthew Bannister on a pilot, a film director, an impresario, a biochemist and a singer.
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Baroness Warnock, William Hucklesby QPM, Rose Hilton, Professor Lord Bhattacharyya CBE FRS, Scott Walker
Fri 29 Mar 2019
Matthew Bannister on a philosopher, a police officer, an artist, a professor and a singer
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Gillian Freeman, Sir Peter Hutchison, Sister Dorothy Bell, Dick Dale
Fri 22 Mar 2019
Matthew Bannister on a writer, a botanist, a nun and a guitarist.
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Professor Mike Oliver, Jacques Loussier, Professor Richard Lacey, The Reverend Ruth Scott
Fri 15 Mar 2019
Matthew Bannister on a disability rights activist, a pianist, a microbiologist, a vicar.
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France-Albert Rene, Simon Norton, Belle Tutaev, Dr Ian Adamson OBE, Keith Flint
Fri 8 Mar 2019
Matthew Bannister on a President, a mathematician, a campaigner, a historian, a singer
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Andr茅 Previn KBE, John Haynes OBE, Tony Mendez, Lady Grantchester
Fri 1 Mar 2019
Matthew Bannister on a conductor, a publisher, a spy and a businesswoman.
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Lady Falkender, Karl Lagerfeld, John Stalker, Andrea Levy, Peter Tork
Fri 22 Feb 2019
A political secretary, a designer, a police officer, an author and a pop star.
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Gordon Banks OBE, Vikki Orvice, David Garman OBE, Mary Oliver, Albert Finney
Fri 15 Feb 2019
Matthew Bannister on a goalkeeper, a sportswriter, an inventor, a poet and an actor.
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Rosamunde Pilcher OBE, Hugh Lewin, Lamia Al-Gailani, Dr Stewart Adams OBE, Dr Adam Watson
Fri 8 Feb 2019
Andrea Catherwood on an activist, a pharmacist, an ecologist, an archaeologist, an author
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Jeremy Hardy, Diana Athill OBE, Sir Conrad Swan, Michel Legrand
Fri 1 Feb 2019
Julian Worricker on a comedian, an editor, a herald and a composer.
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Hugh McIlvanney, Jennie Buckman, John Beavis, David Pritchard
Fri 25 Jan 2019
Matthew Bannister on a sports writer, a theatre director, a surgeon and a producer.
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Joe Casely-Hayford, Judge Nicholas Crichton, Professor Sophie Oluwole, Professor Paul O鈥橞rien CBE, Carol Channing
Fri 18 Jan 2019
Matthew Bannister on a designer, a judge, a philosopher, a nanotechnologist and a singer.
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Nancy Roman, Ralph Koltai CBE, Julia Grant, Jin Yong, Norman Gimbel
Fri 11 Jan 2019
Matthew Bannister on an astronomer, a designer, a transgender activist and a writer.
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Dame June Whitfield, Sir Jack Zunz, Thomas Baptiste, David Austin OBE, Karre Mastanamma
Fri 4 Jan 2019
Matthew Bannister on an actress, an engineer, an actor, a rosarian and a cook.
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Sister Wendy Beckett, Nicolas Roeg, Inge Borkh, Professor Sir Aaron Klug, Geoff Emerick
Fri 28 Dec 2018
Julian Worricker on an art historian, a director, a singer, a scientist, a sound engineer.
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Sir David Weatherall, Penny Marshall, Evelyn Berezin, Zhores Medvedev, Nancy Wilson
Fri 21 Dec 2018
Matthew Bannister on a haematologist, a film director, an inventor, a dissident, a singer
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Peter Boizot, Judith Kazantzis, Sir Sze-Yuen Chung, Sister Cecylia Roszak, Scott English
Fri 14 Dec 2018
Matthew Bannister on a businessman, a poet, a politician, a nun and a songwriter.
