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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Queen Fabiola, Stella Young, Bernard Stonehouse, Kent Haruf, Ralph Baer
Matthew Bannister on a disability campaigner, a queen, a polar scientist and an author.

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.