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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Gillian Ayres, Efra铆n R铆os Montt, David Cobham, Nikki Sievwright, Fergus Anckorn
Fri 13 Apr 2018
Matthew Bannister on an artist, a dictator, a naturalist, a model and a magician.
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Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Drue Heinz DBE, Ray Wilkins MBE, Eric Bristow, Steven Bochco
Fri 6 Apr 2018
Matthew Bannister on a campaigner, a philanthropist, a footballer, a darts player.
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Charles P Lazarus, Marielle Franco, John Brookes, Zena Skinner, Oskar Groning
Fri 30 Mar 2018
Obituary series, analysing and celebrating the lives of people who have recently died.
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Brenda Dean, William McAlpine, Keith O'Brien, Katie Boyle, Garech Browne
Fri 23 Mar 2018
Matthew Bannister on a union leader, a businessman, a cardinal, a presenter, a folklorist.
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Professor Stephen Hawking, Hubert de Givenchy, Michele Hanson, Sir John Sulston, Sir Ken Dodd
Fri 16 Mar 2018
Matthew Bannister on a cosmologist, a designer, a columnist, a biologist and a comedian.
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Trevor Baylis, Lerone Bennett Jr, Penny Vincenzi, Ian Aitken, Sir Roger Bannister
Fri 9 Mar 2018
Matthew Bannister on an inventor, a historian, a novelist, a columnist and a runner.
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Sir Lawrence Byford, Sridevi Kapoor, Dame Beulah Bewley, Ernest Hecht, Lewis Gilbert
Fri 2 Mar 2018
Matthew Bannister on a publisher, a film director, a doctor, a police officer, a film star
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Billy Graham, Laura Lee, John Morris, John Bosco McAtasney, John Pitman
Fri 23 Feb 2018
Matthew Bannister on an evangelist, a sex worker, a composer, a weaver and a reporter.
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Morgan Tsvangirai, Douglas Botting, Professor Patricia Lindop, Asma Jahangir, Vic Damone
Fri 16 Feb 2018
Matthew Bannister on a politician, an explorer, a scientist, a lawyer, a singer.
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John Mahoney, Hannah Hauxwell, Professor Kenneth Richard Seddon OBE, Sir John Cotterell, Naomi Parker Fraley
Fri 9 Feb 2018
Julian Worricker on an actor, a farmer, a chemist, a fundraiser and a feminist icon.
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Ingvar Kamprad, Elizabeth Hawley, Robert Mann, Jon Castle, Dorothy Malone
Fri 2 Feb 2018
Julian Worricker on an entrepreneur, a chronicler, a musician, an activist and an actress.
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Hugh Masekela, Ursula K Le Guin, Mary Lee Berners-Lee, John Barton, Mark E Smith
Fri 26 Jan 2018
Obituary series, analysing and celebrating the lives of people who have recently died.
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Rick Jolly, Dolores O'Riordan, Cyrille Regis, Jenny Joseph, Peter Wyngarde
Fri 19 Jan 2018
Matthew Bannister on a doctor, a singer, a footballer, a poet, an actor.
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John W Young, Peter Preston, Raymond Thomas, Sir Brian Neill QC, Heather Stewart
Fri 12 Jan 2018
Matthew Bannister on an astronaut, an editor, a musician, a judge and a pilot.
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Maureen Baker, Richard Cousins, Bronwen Lady Astor Chatelaine of Cliveden, Meic Povey, Rick Hall
Fri 5 Jan 2018
Matthew Bannister on a designer, a businessman, a model, a writer, a producer.
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Sir Peter Burt, Jill Lever, John Mattock, Peter Duffell and Tom Paley
Fri 29 Dec 2017
Julian Worricker on a banker, an archivist, a horticulturalist, a director, a musician.
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Professor Heinz Wolff, Aline Countess of Romanones, Tony Whitten, Fritz Lustig, Keely Smith
Fri 22 Dec 2017
Matthew Bannister on a bioengineer, a spy, a conservationist, a secret listener, a singer.
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Max Clifford, Norman Baker, Tony Garrett, Virginia Surtees, Keith Chegwin
Fri 15 Dec 2017
Matthew Bannister on a publicist, an adventurer, a businessman and a TV presenter.
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King Michael of Romania, Shashi Kapoor, Christine Keeler, Jenny MacGregor, Johnny Hallyday
Fri 8 Dec 2017
Matthew Bannister on a king, an actor, a model, a horse rescuer and a singer.
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Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Unity Spencer, Lewis Golden OBE, John Butler, Joy Lofthouse
Fri 1 Dec 2017
Matthew Bannister on a singer, a businessman, a painter, a piano tuner and a pilot.
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24/11/2017
Fri 24 Nov 2017
Matthew Bannister on a police commissioner, a writer, an actor, a murderer, and a pop star
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Lord Hutchinson of Lullington QC, Linda Nochlin, Dennis Banks, Geoff Tootill, Tim Gudgin
Fri 17 Nov 2017
Matthew Bannister on a barrister, an art historian, an activist and a computer pioneer.
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Antonio Carluccio, Sima Wali, Richard Wilbur, Mary Reveley, Dudley Simpson
Fri 10 Nov 2017
Matthew Bannister on a chef, a campaigner, a poet, a trainer, and a composer.
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Harold Pendleton, Glenn Barr, Iona Opie, Gary Flather QC OBE, Sir John Manduell
Fri 3 Nov 2017
Matthew Bannister on a club owner, a politician, a folklorist, a lawyer and a principal.
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Daphne Caruana Galizia, Fats Domino, Rodney Bickerstaffe, Geoffrey Schild, Rosemary Leach
Fri 27 Oct 2017
Matthew Bannister on a journalist, a musician, a union leader, a virologist, an actress.
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Sean Hughes, Sir Brian Barder, David Marks, Major Khush Ahmad-ul-Mulk, Marge Calhoun
Fri 20 Oct 2017
Matthew Bannister on a comedian, an architect, a prince, a diplomat and a surfer.
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Lillian Ross, Jalal Talabani, Terry Downes, Sybil Flory, Hedley Jones
Fri 13 Oct 2017
Julian Worricker on a journalist, a politician, a boxer, a seamstress, a musician.
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Tony Booth, Liliane Bettencourt, William G Stewart, Tom Petty
Fri 6 Oct 2017
Matthew Bannister on an actor, an heiress, a quizmaster and a musician.
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Hugh Hefner, Stanislav Petrov, Teddy Taylor, Liz Dawn
Fri 29 Sep 2017
Matthew Bannister on a publisher, a Soviet officer, an MP, an actress.
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David Shepherd, Nancy Hatch Dupree, Gordon Williams, Pat Albeck, Harry Dean Stanton
Fri 22 Sep 2017
Matthew Bannister on an artist, an archivist, a writer, a designer, an actor.
