Last Word Episodes Available now

Nawal El Saadawi (pictured), Brigadier Jack Thomas, President John Magufuli, Ion Mihai Pacepa
Matthew Bannister on a feminist writer, a soldier, a president and a spy.

Murray Walker (pictured), King Goodwill Zwelithini, Mary Asprey, Bunny Wailer
Julian Worricker on a king, a commentator, a charity founder, a musician.

Nicola Pagett (pictured), Stan Shaw, Prof John Mallard, Rupert Neve
Matthew Bannister on an actor, a “little mester”, a physicist, a recording engineer.

Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani (pictured), Sidney Alford, Alison Lurie, Chris Barber
Matthew Bannister on an oil minister, an explosives expert, an author and a jazz musician.

Sir William Macpherson (pictured), Margaret Snyder, Eleanor Wadsworth, Iain Pattinson
Matthew Bannister on: a judge, a UN civil servant, a pilot, a comedy writer.

Carlos Menem (pictured), Mary Wilson, Robin Pooley, Larry Flynt
Matthew Bannister on a president, a singer, a businessman and a pornographer.

George Shultz, Yvonne Conolly, Maureen Colquhoun, Christopher Plummer (pictured)
Matthew Bannister on a politician, a headteacher, an MP and an actor.

Lewis Wolpert, Cicely Tyson, Prince Khalid Abdullah and Captain Sir Tom Moore (pictured)
Matthew Bannister on a biologist, an actor, a Saudi Prince and a national hero.

Larry King (pictured), Catherine Ennis, Margaret Weston, Gerry Cottle
Matthew Bannister on a broadcaster, an organist, a curator, a circus owner

Phil Spector (pictured), Grace Robertson, Paul Nihill
Matthew Bannister on a record producer, a photographer, a race walker.