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Last Word Episodes

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    Raymond Gosling, Eileen Gray, Sir Duncan Watson, Denys Darlow, Grace Lee Whitney

    Matthew Bannister on a scientist, a cyclist, a blind campaigner, a conductor, an actress.

  2. Oscar Holderer, David Sharp, the Dowager Marchioness of Reading, Alexandre Lamfalussy and Guy Carawan

    Matthew Bannister on a rocket scientist, a rambler, an aristocrat, an economist, a singer.

  3. BB King, Kenan Evren, Sir Maurice Flanagan, Maya Plisetskaya, Wally Kahn

    Matthew Bannister on a bluesman, a general, an airline boss, a dancer and a glider pilot.

  4. Jean Nidetch, Baroness Ruth Rendell, Geoff Duke OBE, Katharine Worth, Errol Brown

    Matthew Bannister on a slimming guru, an author, a motorcyclist and a drama teacher.

  5. Sir Philip Carter, Andrew Lesnie, Margaret Harrison, Tom McCabe MSP, Claire Gordon

    Matthew Bannister on a football chairman, a cinematographer, a campaigner and an actress.

  6. Margaret Rule, Lord Mason, Dell Williams, Buddy Elias, Brian Couzens

    Matthew Bannister on an archaeologist, an MP, a sex shop founder and a record producer.

  7. Guenter Grass, Sheila Kitzinger, Andrew Porter, Dave 'Devilfish' Ulliott, Percy Sledge

    Matthew Bannister on an author, a childbirth campaigner, a critic, a gambler and a singer.

  8. Frei Otto, Richie Benaud, Albert Maysles, Julio Cesar Strassera, Mary Clarke

    Matthew Bannister on an architect, a cricket commentator, a director, a lawyer, a critic.

  9. Cynthia Lennon, Anthony Scrivener, Martyn Goff, John Renbourn

    Julian Worricker on a Beatles wife, a barrister, a musician and the man behind the Booker.

  10. Lee Kuan Yew, Derek Chinnery, Eugenie Clark, Mal Peet, Jackie Trent

    Matthew Bannister on a prime minister, a 蜜芽传媒 executive, an ichthyologist and an author.

  11. Shaw Taylor, Arthur Wyatt, Naty Revuelta Clews, Malcolm Fraser, Andy Fraser

    Matthew Bannister on a broadcaster, a diplomat, a revolutionary, a politician, a musician.

  12. Sir Terry Pratchett, Florence Arthaud, Patrick Whitefield, Lord Molyneaux, Sam Simon

    Matthew Bannister on an author, a sailor, an ecologist, a politician and a comedy creator.

  13. Yasar Kemal, Maureen Guy, Professor Oliver Rackham, Sir Noel Davies, Leonard Nimoy

    A Turkish author, an opera singer, an environmentalist, a nuclear engineer and an actor.

  14. Dan Topolski, Lady Villiers, John Davies, Tim Lusty, Clark Terry

    A rower, a resistance fighter, a historian, a historian and a jazz musician.

  15. Michele Ferrero, Lady Platt of Writtle, John McCabe, Louis Jourdan, Anne Naysmith and Lesley Gore.

    Julian Worricker on a confectioner, an engineer, a composer, an actor, a pianist

  16. John Hopkins, Ena Baxter, Lord Gavron, Andre Brink, Charles Townes, Steve Strange

    Matthew Bannister on a photographer, a cook, a businessman, a writer and a physicist.

  17. Colleen McCullough, Richard von Weizsaecker, Carl Djerassi, Geraldine McEwan and Lotte Hass

    Matthew Bannister talks about an author, a president, a chemist, an actress and a diver.

  18. Sir Jack Hayward, Elena Obraztsova, Robert Stone, Jean Stogdon OBE and Demis Roussos

    Matthew Bannister on a businessman, a singer, a novelist, a social worker and a pop star.

  19. Lord Brittan, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, Professor John Bayley, Anne Kirkbride

    Obituary series: Matthew Bannister on a politician, a king, an academic and an actress.

  20. Ray McFall, Richard Meade, Joan Benesh, Frank Atkinson and Brian Clemens

    Obituaries of a club owner, a horseman, a choreologist, a curator and a screenwriter.

  21. Jean Cabut and Georges Wolinski, Luise Rainer, Edward Brooke and Chip Young

    Matthew Bannister on two cartoonists, an actress, a senator and a session guitarist.

  22. Debbie Purdy, David Ryall, Willy Burgdorfer, Dame Mary Glen Haig, Graeme Goodall

    Julian Worricker on a campaigner, an actor, an entomologist, a fencer and a music pioneer.

  23. In a special edition of Last Word, Matthew Bannister talks to obituary editors from around the UK about the nature of their work

    Matthew Bannister and guests offer an insight into the world of the obituary writer.

  24. Mandy Rice-Davies, Dr Tim Black, Michel du Cille, Ian Player, Christopher Morris

    Matthew Bannister on a showgirl, a doctor, a photographer and a conservationist.

  25. Queen Fabiola, Stella Young, Bernard Stonehouse, Kent Haruf, Ralph Baer

    Matthew Bannister on a disability campaigner, a queen, a polar scientist and an author.

  26. Jeremy Thorpe, Ian McLagan, Viktor Tikhonov, Trevor Pharo and Sabah

    Matthew Bannister on a politician, a musician, an ice hockey coach, a clown, and a singer.

  27. PD James, 'Mad' Frankie Fraser, Glen A Larson, Medlin Lewis-Spencer, Arthur Butterworth MBE

    Matthew Bannister on a crime writer, a criminal, a director, a mayor and a composer.

  28. Sir Thomas Macpherson, Mike Nichols, Alexander Grothendieck, Paul Vaughan, Leonore Davidoff and Jimmy Ruffin

    Matthew Bannister on a war hero, a director, a mathematician, a broadcaster, a historian.

  29. Vivienne Price; Dr Dick Laws; Warren Clarke; Geoffrey Clarke; Prince David Chavchavadze

    Matthew Bannister on an orchestra founder, a zoologist, an actor, a sculptor and a spy.

  30. Warren Anderson, Acker Bilk, Lord Barnett, Sonia Rolt

    Matthew Bannister on a company chairman, a musician, a politician and a canal campaigner.

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