Last Word Episodes Available now

Dame Zaha Hadid, Ronnie Corbett, General Meir Dagan, Joan Loraine, Gary Shandling
Matthew Bannister on an architect, two comedians, a Mossad chief, a gardener.

Vlasta Dalibor, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Dr Robert Acland, Asa Briggs, Barry Hines, Johan Cruyff
Julian Worricker on a conductor, surgeon, puppeteer, writer, footballer and a historian.

Paul Daniels, Anita Brookner, Sylvia Anderson, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Cliff Michelmore
Matthew Bannister on a broadcaster, a producer, a composer, an author and a magician.

George Martin, Nancy Reagan, Ray Tomlinson, Gillian Avery
Reeta Chakrabarti on a music producer, a US first lady, an internet pioneer and an author.

Tony Warren, Louise Rennison, Lord Chorley, George Kennedy, John Chilton
Reeta Chakrabarti on a TV writer, an author, a conservationist, an actor and a musician

Alex Timpson, Lord Avebury, Douglas Slocombe, Umberto Eco, Pascal Bentoiu
Matthew Bannister on a foster mother, a cinematographer, an author and a parliamentarian.

Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Edmonde Charles-Roux, Norman Hudis, Antonin Scalia, Harper Lee
Matthew Bannister on a UN Secretary General, an editor, a screenwriter, a judge

Marvin Minsky, Margaret Forster, Peter Powell, Sir Brian Tovey, Joe Alaskey
Matthew Bannister on a computer scientist, a writer, a kite inventor, a GCHQ director

Terry Wogan, Lord Lucan, Frank Finlay, Denise St Aubyn Hubbard, Maurice White
Matthew Bannister on a broadcaster, an earl, an actor, a sailor, a musician

Lord Parkinson, Bill Mitchell, Paddy Doherty, Henry Worsley, Dr Gladys-Marie Fry
Matthew Bannister on a politician, an editor, an activist, an explorer, a folklorist