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Last Word Episodes

  1. 17/01/2025

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

  2. 10/01/2025

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

  3. 03/01/2025

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

  4. 27/12/2024

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  17. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  21. Mike Lynch, Nell McCafferty, Ruth Colvin, Sven-GΓΆran Eriksson

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

  22. Phil Donahue, Countess Diana Phipps Sternberg, Mary Gibby, Toumani DiabatΓ©

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

  23. Susan Wojcicki, Lord Colwyn, Sir Ernest Hall, MΓ­sia

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

  24. Lord Fellowes, Professor Helen Whitwell, David Power, Irène Schweizer

    Matthew Bannister on a private secretary, pathologist, a businessman and a musician.

  25. Edna O’Brien, Sir Kenneth Grange, Ewy Rosqvist, John Mayall

    John Wilson on an author, a designer, a rally car driver and a blues musician.

  26. Dr Mildred Stahlman, Ray Reardon, Val McIver, Eddie Spence

    Matthew Bannister on a paediatrician, a snooker player, a councillor and a cake decorator.

  27. Dr Ruth Westheimer, Mike Corfield, Shelley Duvall, Veronica Smith

    Matthew Bannister on a sex therapist, a conservator, an actor and a campaigner.

  28. Dr Richard Taylor, Jack Rowell, Claudia Williams, Christophe Deloire

    Matthew Bannister on an MP, a rugby coach, an artist and a campaigner.

  29. Frank Duckworth, Leah Levin, Professor Mary-Lou Pardue, Joss Naylor

    Matthew Bannister on a statistician, a campaigner, a biologist and a fell runner.

  30. Sir Howard Bernstein, Joan Brady, Gene Nora Jessen, Arthur β€œGaps” Hendrickson

    Matthew Bannister on a civil servant, an author, a pilot and a singer.

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