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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Dame Joan Plowright, Sir Jim Walker, Barbara Clegg, Denis Law
Friday
Matthew Bannister on an actress, a businessman, a script writer and a footballer.
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Tony Slattery, Rosalind Savill, Paddy Hill, Noreen Riols
Fri 17 Jan 2025
Matthew Bannister on a comedian, a curator, a campaigner and an SOE agent.
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Special Edition: Tony Slattery
Fri 17 Jan 2025
Stephen Fry pays tribute to comedian and actor Tony Slattery
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Jean-Marie Le Pen, Catherine Brown, Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes, Johnnie Walker
Fri 10 Jan 2025
Matthew Bannister on a French politician, a food writer, a parliamentarian and a DJ.
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Jimmy Carter, Caroline Miller, Manmohan Singh, Jean Adamson
Fri 3 Jan 2025
Kirsty Lang on a president, a ballet company CEO, a prime minister and an author.
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Nikki Giovanni, Gerd Heidemann, Cherry Hill, Sir Richard Carew Pole
Fri 27 Dec 2024
John Wilson on a poet, a journalist, a model engineer, and a fundraiser.
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Baroness Wilkins, Charles Handy, Renee Bornstein, Tony Brignull
Fri 20 Dec 2024
Matthew Bannister on a campaigner, a philosopher, a holocaust survivor and a copywriter.
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Wolfgang Stange, Lord Renfrew, Julie Stevens, Mary McGee
Fri 13 Dec 2024
Matthew Bannister on a choreographer, an archaeologist, a TV presenter and a racing driver
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Vicky Stone, Penny Chuter, Clifton Wharton Junior, Peter Sinfield
Fri 6 Dec 2024
Matthew Bannister on a film-maker, a rower, a university leader and a lyricist.
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Madeleine Riffaud, Chris Topp, Barbara Taylor Bradford, Dr Julian Litten
Fri 29 Nov 2024
Matthew Bannister on a resistance fighter, a blacksmith, an author and a historian.
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Lord Prescott, Stephanie Collie, Dame Janet Nelson, Frank Auerbach
Fri 22 Nov 2024
Matthew Bannister on a politician, a costume designer, an historian and an artist.
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Timothy West, Sir John Nott, June Spencer, Nadia Cattouse
Fri 15 Nov 2024
Matthew Bannister on an actor, a politician, an actress and a singer.
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Quincy Jones, Janey Godley, Lyudmila Trut, Dr Paul Stephenson
Fri 8 Nov 2024
Matthew Bannister on a musician, a comedian, a geneticist and a campaigner.
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Dick Pope, Sister Sally Butler, Professor Tim Darvill OBE, Patti McGee
Fri 1 Nov 2024
Matthew Bannister on a cinematographer, a nun, an archaeologist, a skateboarder
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Sir Mike Jackson, Lily Ledbetter, Safeya Binzagr, Steve Piotrowski
Fri 25 Oct 2024
Matthew Bannister on a general, a campaigner, an artist and an ornithologist.
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Alex Salmond, Ethel Kennedy, Ratan Tata, Fleur Adcock
Fri 18 Oct 2024
Kirsty Lang on a politician, a campaigner, a businessman and a poet.
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Lord Ouseley, Norman Ackroyd, Lore Segal, Cissy Houston
Fri 11 Oct 2024
John Wilson on a campaigner, artist, writer and a singer.
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Kris Kristofferson, Camilla Carr, Hassan Nasrallah, Maria Benitez
Fri 4 Oct 2024
John Wilson on a songwriter, an aid worker, a militia leader and a flamenco dancer
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Peter Jay, Ed Johnson, Dame Elizabeth Esteve-Coll, Deborah Roberts
Fri 27 Sep 2024
Matthew Bannister on a diplomat and journalist, a CIA agent, a museum director, a singer.
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Dr George Berci, Olga Craig, Michaela Mabinty DePrince, Tony Strong
Fri 20 Sep 2024
Matthew Bannister on a surgeon, a journalist, a dancer and a scenic artist.
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James Earl Jones, Dr Helen Fisher, Sergio Mendes, Maureen Nicol
Fri 13 Sep 2024
Matthew Bannister on an actor, an anthropologist, a musician and an organiser.
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Claire Lomas, Phil Swern, Countess of Airlie, Geoff Mumford
Fri 6 Sep 2024
Matthew Bannister on a campaigner, a producer, a countess and a brewer.
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Mike Lynch, Nell McCafferty, Ruth Colvin, Sven-G枚ran Eriksson
Fri 30 Aug 2024
Matthew Bannister on an entrepreneur, journalist, literacy campaigner and football manager
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Phil Donahue, Countess Diana Phipps Sternberg, Mary Gibby, Toumani Diabat茅
Fri 23 Aug 2024
Matthew Bannister on a TV presenter, a designer, a botanist and a musician.
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Susan Wojcicki, Lord Colwyn, Sir Ernest Hall, M铆sia
Fri 16 Aug 2024
Kirsty Lang on an internet pioneer, a dentist, an entrepreneur and a musician.
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Lord Fellowes, Professor Helen Whitwell, David Power, Ir猫ne Schweizer
Fri 9 Aug 2024
Matthew Bannister on a private secretary, pathologist, a businessman and a musician.
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Edna O鈥橞rien, Sir Kenneth Grange, Ewy Rosqvist, John Mayall
Fri 2 Aug 2024
John Wilson on an author, a designer, a rally car driver and a blues musician.
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Dr Mildred Stahlman, Ray Reardon, Val McIver, Eddie Spence
Fri 26 Jul 2024
Matthew Bannister on a paediatrician, a snooker player, a councillor and a cake decorator.
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Dr Ruth Westheimer, Mike Corfield, Shelley Duvall, Veronica Smith
Fri 19 Jul 2024
Matthew Bannister on a sex therapist, a conservator, an actor and a campaigner.
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Dr Richard Taylor, Jack Rowell, Claudia Williams, Christophe Deloire
Fri 12 Jul 2024
Matthew Bannister on an MP, a rugby coach, an artist and a campaigner.
