Last Word
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Radio 4's weekly obituary programme, telling the life stories of those who have died recently
Episodes (559)
Eva Kor, Christopher Booker, João Gilberto, John McCririck
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Brenda Maddox, Ivan Cooper, Min Hogg, John Gunther Dean, Dave Bartholomew
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Jul 5, 201928:01pending
Dr Henry Lynch, Judith Krantz, Lord Patel of Blackburn, Anthony Hedges
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Jun 28, 201928:13pending
Franco Zeffirelli, Gloria Vanderbilt, Mohamed Morsi, Philomena Lynott
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Jun 21, 201928:06pending
John Tidmarsh OBE, Sylvia Denman, Paul Darrow, Sheila Turner, Leon Redbone
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Jun 15, 201928:07pending
Edward Seaga, Binyavanga Wainaina, Mary Stopes-Roe, Gloria Schiff, Dr John
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Jun 7, 201928:15pending
Professor Murray Gell-Mann, Nan Winton, James McCord, Gregory Gray
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May 31, 201927:53pending
Niki Lauda, Judith Kerr, IM Pei, Herman Wouk
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May 24, 201927:31pending
Doris Day, Brian Walden, Dorothy Rowe, Lorraine Warren
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May 17, 201928:04pending
Winnie Jordan, Richard Green, Karol Modzelewski, Liz Howe, John Singleton
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May 10, 201928:08pending
Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg, Terry Rawlings, Neus Català, Heather Harper CBE,...
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May 3, 201928:01pending
Lyra McKee, Una-Mary Parker, Mira Markovic, Doreen Spooner, Edward Kelsey
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Apr 26, 201928:00pending
David Thouless, Nadja Poderegin, Ian Cognito, Dr Michael O’Donnell, Les Reed
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Apr 19, 201928:04pending
Sydney Brenner, Dan Robbins, Edda Tasiemka, Ian McDonald
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Apr 12, 201928:18pending
Michel Bacos, Agnes Varda, Victor Hochhauser CBE, Barbara Low, Ranking Roger
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Apr 5, 201927:44pending
Baroness Warnock, William Hucklesby QPM, Rose Hilton, Professor Lord Bhattachary...
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Mar 29, 201928:13pending
Gillian Freeman, Sir Peter Hutchison, Sister Dorothy Bell, Dick Dale
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Mar 22, 201928:08pending
Professor Mike Oliver, Jacques Loussier, Professor Richard Lacey, The Reverend R...
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Mar 15, 201928:13pending
France-Albert Rene, Simon Norton, Belle Tutaev, Dr Ian Adamson OBE, Keith Flint
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Mar 8, 201927:53pending
André Previn KBE, John Haynes OBE, Tony Mendez, Lady Grantchester
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Mar 1, 201928:09pending
Lady Falkender, Karl Lagerfeld, John Stalker, Andrea Levy, Peter Tork
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Feb 22, 201928:10pending
Gordon Banks OBE, Vikki Orvice, David Garman OBE, Mary Oliver, Albert Finney
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Feb 15, 201928:23pending
Rosamunde Pilcher OBE, Hugh Lewin, Lamia Al-Gailani, Dr Stewart Adams OBE, Dr Ad...
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Feb 8, 201928:13pending
Jeremy Hardy, Diana Athill OBE, Sir Conrad Swan, Michel Legrand
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Feb 1, 201928:09pending
Hugh McIlvanney, Jennie Buckman, John Beavis, David Pritchard
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Jan 25, 201927:46pending
Joe Casely-Hayford, Judge Nicholas Crichton, Professor Sophie Oluwole, Professor...
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Jan 18, 201928:04pending
Nancy Roman, Ralph Koltai CBE, Julia Grant, Jin Yong, Norman Gimbel
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Jan 11, 201926:58pending
Dame June Whitfield, Sir Jack Zunz, Thomas Baptiste, David Austin OBE, Karre Mas...
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Jan 4, 201928:00pending
Sister Wendy Beckett, Nicolas Roeg, Inge Borkh, Professor Sir Aaron Klug, Geoff...
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Dec 28, 201828:22pending
Sir David Weatherall, Penny Marshall, Evelyn Berezin, Zhores Medvedev, Nancy Wil...
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Dec 21, 201828:14pending
Peter Boizot, Judith Kazantzis, Sir Sze-Yuen Chung, Sister Cecylia Roszak, Scott...
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Dec 14, 201828:01pending
Harry Leslie Smith, Pete Shelley, Monica Sims, Professor Wendy Atkin OBE, Ivan M...
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Dec 7, 201828:00pending
Baroness Trumpington, Roy Bailey, Chief Inspector Henry Stevens GC, Bernardo Ber...
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Nov 30, 201828:15pending
John Large, William Goldman, Dr Sarah Ntiro, Richard Baker, Patsy Rodgers
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Nov 23, 201828:15pending
Aubrey Manning, Max Levitas, Babs Beverley, Janet Paisley, Stan Lee
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Nov 16, 201827:57pending
Lord Heywood, Pamela Lonsdale, Sangharakshita, Tom Jago, Francis Lai
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Nov 9, 201828:01pending
Wanda Ferragamo, Wim Kok, Ntozake Shange, Mohamed Sahnoun, Keith Killby
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Nov 2, 201828:10pending
Anthea Bell OBE, Captain Michael Howard, Baroness Hollis of Heigham, Cicely Berr...
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Oct 26, 201828:15pending
Paul Allen, Dr Mary Midgley, Leon Lederman, Roger Mainwood
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Oct 19, 201828:17pending
Ray Galton, Professor Gerald Russell, Evelyn Anthony, Sir Roger Gibbs, Montserra...
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Oct 12, 201827:59pending
Charles Aznavour, Dr Charles Kao, Elizabeth de Mauny Wainwright, John Cunliffe
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Oct 5, 201827:54pending
Chas Hodges, MJ Long, Arthur Mitchell, Rick Turner, Rachid Taha
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Sep 28, 201828:07pending
Denis Norden, Diane Leather, Johnny Kingdom, Fenella Fielding
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Sep 21, 201828:01pending
Lady Coleridge, Jalaluddin Haqqani, Jacqueline Pearce, Lord Thomas of Macclesfie...
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Sep 14, 201828:00pending
Burt Reynolds, Lord Peter Melchett, Rita Borsellino, Ajit Wadekar
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Sep 7, 201827:58pending
Lindsay Kemp, John Calder, Hilary Lister, John Calcutt, Neil Simon
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Aug 31, 201828:12pending
Kofi Annan, Janice Tchalenko, Hugh Synge, Helen MacLeod, Hettie Williams
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Aug 24, 201828:07pending
Aretha Franklin, VS Naipaul, Winston Ntshona, Nan Joyce
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Aug 17, 201828:04pending
Tony Bullimore, Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga, Barry Chuckle, June Jacobs, Tommy Peoples
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Aug 10, 201828:08pending
Mary Ellis, Shinobu Hashimoto, Dr William McBride AO, CBE, Dr Lincoln Brower, Ma...
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Aug 3, 201828:00pending
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