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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Jacques Chirac, Sir Michael Edwardes, Cokie Roberts, Pat Cavendish O鈥橬eill
Fri 27 Sep 2019
Julian Worricker on a politician, a business leader, a TV journalist, a racehorse trainer.
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Chester Williams, Sheikh Yusuf Motala, Jan Ruff O鈥橦erne, Ric Ocasek
Fri 20 Sep 2019
Matthew Bannister on an Islamic scholar, a rugby player, a campaigner and a rock star.
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Hans Rausing, Sir Dawda Jawara, Sue Crockford, Terrance Dicks
Fri 13 Sep 2019
Matthew Bannister on an industrialist, a president, a feminist and a writer.
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Robert Mugabe, Alla Verber, Ciaran McKeown, Bill Anderson MBE
Fri 6 Sep 2019
Matthew Bannister on a president, a fashion buyer, a peace campaigner and a sportsman.
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Lord Bell, Paule Marshall, David Koch, Richard Booth
Fri 30 Aug 2019
Matthew Bannister on a PR executive, a writer, a billionaire and a bookseller.
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Peter Fonda, Princess Christina of the Netherlands, Geoffrey Paul OBE, Jim Bouton
Fri 23 Aug 2019
Matthew Bannister on a film star, a princess, an editor and a baseball player.
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Julia Farron OBE, Nuon Chea, June Fraser, Marcel Berlins
Fri 16 Aug 2019
Julian Worricker on a politician, a dancer, a designer and a lawyer.
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Toni Morrison, Hal Prince, Dr Elizabeth Killick, Li Peng, Barrington Pheloung
Fri 9 Aug 2019
Matthew Bannister on an author, a director, an engineer, a premier and a composer.
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Russi Taylor, Beji Caid Essebsi, Jane Hubert, Iv谩n Er艖d
Fri 2 Aug 2019
Matthew Bannister on a President, a voice artist, an anthropologist and a composer.
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Andrea Camilleri, Johnny Clegg OBE, OIS, Christopher Kraft, Paul Krassner, Professor Rolf Gehlhaar
Fri 26 Jul 2019
Matthew Bannister on a writer, a singer, a space mission director, a satirist, a composer.
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Audrey Eyton, Arthur Ryan, Jack Bond, Rip Torn
Fri 19 Jul 2019
Matthew Bannister on a retailer, a diet creator, a cricketer and an actor
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Eva Kor, Christopher Booker, Jo茫o Gilberto, John McCririck
Fri 12 Jul 2019
Matthew Bannister on a holocaust survivor, a journalist, a musician and a racing pundit.
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Brenda Maddox, Ivan Cooper, Min Hogg, John Gunther Dean, Dave Bartholomew
Fri 5 Jul 2019
Matthew Bannister on a politician, an editor, a diplomat, a writer and a musician
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Dr Henry Lynch, Judith Krantz, Lord Patel of Blackburn, Anthony Hedges
Fri 28 Jun 2019
Matthew Bannister on a doctor, an author, a businessman and a composer.
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Franco Zeffirelli, Gloria Vanderbilt, Mohamed Morsi, Philomena Lynott
Fri 21 Jun 2019
Matthew Bannister on a director, a designer, a president and a hotelier.
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John Tidmarsh OBE, Sylvia Denman, Paul Darrow, Sheila Turner, Leon Redbone
Fri 14 Jun 2019
Matthew Bannister on a broadcaster, a lawyer, an actor, a campaigner and a singer.
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Edward Seaga, Binyavanga Wainaina, Mary Stopes-Roe, Gloria Schiff, Dr John
Fri 7 Jun 2019
Julian Worricker on a politician, a writer, an archivist, a fashion editor, a singer.
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Professor Murray Gell-Mann, Nan Winton, James McCord, Gregory Gray
Fri 31 May 2019
Matthew Bannister on a physicist, a newsreader, a spy and a singer.
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Niki Lauda, Judith Kerr, IM Pei, Herman Wouk
Fri 24 May 2019
Matthew Bannister on a racing driver, a children's author, an architect, a novelist.
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Doris Day, Brian Walden, Dorothy Rowe, Lorraine Warren
Fri 17 May 2019
Julian Worricker on an actress, a broadcaster, a psychologist, a paranormal investigator.
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Winnie Jordan, Richard Green, Karol Modzelewski, Liz Howe, John Singleton
Fri 10 May 2019
Andrea Catherwood on a runner, a psychiatrist, an activist, an ecologist, a film director
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Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg, Terry Rawlings, Neus Catal脿, Heather Harper CBE, Peter Mayhew
Fri 3 May 2019
Matthew Bannister on a Grand Duke, a film editor, a campaigner, a soprano, an actor
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Lyra McKee, Una-Mary Parker, Mira Markovic, Doreen Spooner, Edward Kelsey
Fri 26 Apr 2019
Matthew Bannister on a journalist, a writer, a politician, a photographer, an actor
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David Thouless, Nadja Poderegin, Ian Cognito, Dr Michael O鈥橠onnell, Les Reed
Fri 19 Apr 2019
Julian Worricker on a scientist, an actress, a comedian, a journalist, a songwriter.
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Sydney Brenner, Dan Robbins, Edda Tasiemka, Ian McDonald
Fri 12 Apr 2019
Matthew Bannister on a biologist, an artist, an archivist and a spokesman.
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Michel Bacos, Agnes Varda, Victor Hochhauser CBE, Barbara Low, Ranking Roger
Fri 5 Apr 2019
Matthew Bannister on a pilot, a film director, an impresario, a biochemist and a singer.
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Baroness Warnock, William Hucklesby QPM, Rose Hilton, Professor Lord Bhattacharyya CBE FRS, Scott Walker
Fri 29 Mar 2019
Matthew Bannister on a philosopher, a police officer, an artist, a professor and a singer
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Gillian Freeman, Sir Peter Hutchison, Sister Dorothy Bell, Dick Dale
Fri 22 Mar 2019
Matthew Bannister on a writer, a botanist, a nun and a guitarist.
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Professor Mike Oliver, Jacques Loussier, Professor Richard Lacey, The Reverend Ruth Scott
Fri 15 Mar 2019
Matthew Bannister on a disability rights activist, a pianist, a microbiologist, a vicar.
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France-Albert Rene, Simon Norton, Belle Tutaev, Dr Ian Adamson OBE, Keith Flint
Fri 8 Mar 2019
Matthew Bannister on a President, a mathematician, a campaigner, a historian, a singer
