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Last Word Episodes

  1. 07/03/2025

    Weekly obituary programme telling the life stories of those who have died recently.

  2. 28/02/2025

    Weekly obituary programme telling the life stories of those who have died recently.

  3. 21/02/2025

    Weekly obituary programme telling the life stories of those who have died recently.

  4. Nigel McCrery, Andr茅e Dumon, Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas, Diana Melly

    Matthew Bannister on a writer, a wartime courier, a politician and an author.

  5. Tony Martin, Pete Wilkinson, Loretta Ford, Marianne Faithfull

    Matthew Bannister on a farmer, a campaigner, a nurse practitioner and a singer.

  6. Rev Don Cupitt, Phyllis Dalton, Cecile Richards, Michael Longley

    Matthew Bannister on a theologian, a costume designer, an activist and a poet.

  7. Dame Joan Plowright, Sir Jim Walker, Barbara Clegg, Denis Law

    Matthew Bannister on an actress, a businessman, a script writer and a footballer.

  8. Tony Slattery, Rosalind Savill, Paddy Hill, Noreen Riols

    Matthew Bannister on a comedian, a curator, a campaigner and an SOE agent.

  9. Jean-Marie Le Pen, Catherine Brown, Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes, Johnnie Walker

    Matthew Bannister on a French politician, a food writer, a parliamentarian and a DJ.

  10. Jimmy Carter, Caroline Miller, Manmohan Singh, Jean Adamson

    Kirsty Lang on a president, a ballet company CEO, a prime minister and an author.

  11. Nikki Giovanni, Gerd Heidemann, Cherry Hill, Sir Richard Carew Pole

    John Wilson on a poet, a journalist, a model engineer, and a fundraiser.

  12. Baroness Wilkins, Charles Handy, Renee Bornstein, Tony Brignull

    Matthew Bannister on a campaigner, a philosopher, a holocaust survivor and a copywriter.

  13. Wolfgang Stange, Lord Renfrew, Julie Stevens, Mary McGee

    Matthew Bannister on a choreographer, an archaeologist, a TV presenter and a racing driver

  14. Vicky Stone, Penny Chuter, Clifton Wharton Junior, Peter Sinfield

    Matthew Bannister on a film-maker, a rower, a university leader and a lyricist.

  15. Madeleine Riffaud, Chris Topp, Barbara Taylor Bradford, Dr Julian Litten

    Matthew Bannister on a resistance fighter, a blacksmith, an author and a historian.

  16. Lord Prescott, Stephanie Collie, Dame Janet Nelson, Frank Auerbach

    Matthew Bannister on a politician, a costume designer, an historian and an artist.

  17. Timothy West, Sir John Nott, June Spencer, Nadia Cattouse

    Matthew Bannister on an actor, a politician, an actress and a singer.

  18. Quincy Jones, Janey Godley, Lyudmila Trut, Dr Paul Stephenson

    Matthew Bannister on a musician, a comedian, a geneticist and a campaigner.

  19. Dick Pope, Sister Sally Butler, Professor Tim Darvill OBE, Patti McGee

    Matthew Bannister on a cinematographer, a nun, an archaeologist, a skateboarder

  20. Sir Mike Jackson, Lily Ledbetter, Safeya Binzagr, Steve Piotrowski

    Matthew Bannister on a general, a campaigner, an artist and an ornithologist.

  21. Alex Salmond, Ethel Kennedy, Ratan Tata, Fleur Adcock

    Kirsty Lang on a politician, a campaigner, a businessman and a poet.

  22. Lord Ouseley, Norman Ackroyd, Lore Segal, Cissy Houston

    John Wilson on a campaigner, artist, writer and a singer.

  23. Kris Kristofferson, Camilla Carr, Hassan Nasrallah, Maria Benitez

    John Wilson on a songwriter, an aid worker, a militia leader and a flamenco dancer

  24. Peter Jay, Ed Johnson, Dame Elizabeth Esteve-Coll, Deborah Roberts

    Matthew Bannister on a diplomat and journalist, a CIA agent, a museum director, a singer.

  25. Dr George Berci, Olga Craig, Michaela Mabinty DePrince, Tony Strong

    Matthew Bannister on a surgeon, a journalist, a dancer and a scenic artist.

  26. James Earl Jones, Dr Helen Fisher, Sergio Mendes, Maureen Nicol

    Matthew Bannister on an actor, an anthropologist, a musician and an organiser.

  27. Claire Lomas, Phil Swern, Countess of Airlie, Geoff Mumford

    Matthew Bannister on a campaigner, a producer, a countess and a brewer.

  28. Mike Lynch, Nell McCafferty, Ruth Colvin, Sven-G枚ran Eriksson

    Matthew Bannister on an entrepreneur, journalist, literacy campaigner and football manager

  29. Phil Donahue, Countess Diana Phipps Sternberg, Mary Gibby, Toumani Diabat茅

    Matthew Bannister on a TV presenter, a designer, a botanist and a musician.

  30. Susan Wojcicki, Lord Colwyn, Sir Ernest Hall, M铆sia

    Kirsty Lang on an internet pioneer, a dentist, an entrepreneur and a musician.

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