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  1. 29/05/2026

    Radio 4's weekly obituary programme

  2. 22/05/2026

    Radio 4's weekly obituary programme

  3. 15/05/2026

    Radio 4's weekly obituary programme

  4. Dr Ittai Gradel, Dame Shirley Porter, Professor Nigel Dunnett, Mar铆a Nieves Rego

    Matthew Bannister on an antiquities dealer, a politician, a horticulturalist and a dancer.

  5. Xia De-hong, Lord Hunt of Chesterton, Joan Burstein, Bill Leader

    Matthew Bannister on a mother, a meteorologist, a retail pioneer and a recording engineer.

  6. Andy Kershaw, Dame Averil Cameron, Dr Judith Rapoport, Desmond Morris

    Matthew Bannister on a DJ, a historian, a psychiatrist and a zoologist.

  7. Asha Bhosle, Sir Neil Cossons, Professor Harold Ellis, Daphne Selfe

    Matthew Bannister on a singer, a curator, a surgeon and a model.

  8. Sir Craig Reedie, Bronwen Naish, Geoff Yeadon, Margareta Magnusson

    Matthew Bannister on a sports administrator, a musician, a cave diver and an author.

  9. Robert Fox, Mary Rand MBE, Sir Tony Hoare, Birut茅 Galdikas

    John Wilson on theatre producer, an athlete, a computer scientist, a primatologist.

  10. Dame Jenni Murray, Len Deighton, Lynda Hale, Jurgen Habermas

    Matthew Bannister on a broadcaster, an author, a footballer and a philosopher.

  11. Yanar Mohammed, MP Phil Woolas, Professor Robin Weiss, Jane Lapotaire

    Matthew Bannister on a campaigner, a politician, a virologist and an actor.

  12. Paul Conroy, Kenith Trodd, Astrid Llewellyn, Jo Purvis

    Matthew Bannister on a photojournalist, a TV producer, a sailor, a DJ.

  13. Neil Sedaka, Drusilla Beyfus, Professor Dame Carole Jordan, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

    Matthew Bannister on Neil Sedaka, Drusilla Beyfus, Carole Jordan, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

  14. Martyn Butler, Allan Massie, Professor Nicola Fear, Willie Col贸n

    Matthew Bannister on a campaigner, an epidemiologist, an author and a trombonist.

  15. Reverend Jesse Jackson, Diane Munday, Philippe Gaulier, Lady Jean Wilson

    Kirsty Lang on a civil rights leader, a campaigner, a clown and a charity worker.

  16. Meredith Hooper, David Young, Dorothy Solomon, Derek Kelly

    Matthew Bannister on an author, a lawyer, an agent and a farmer.

  17. Sir Nicholas White, Lord Wallace, Professor Deborah Cameron, Sly Dunbar

    Matthew Bannister on a physician, a politician, a linguist and a drummer.

  18. Sir Mark Tully, Dame Gillian Wagner, Dr Gladys West, Richard Larn OBE

    Matthew Bannister on a journalist, a campaigner, a mathematician and a shipwreck expert.

  19. Molly Burkett, Sir James Munby, Edith Flanigen, Aldrich Ames

    Matthew Bannister on a conservationist, a judge, a chemist and a spy.

  20. Claudette Colvin, Ian Balding, Gerry Gable, Bob Weir, Juliet Robertson

    Matthew Bannister on a campaigner, a racehorse trainer, an activist and an educationalist.

  21. Molly Parkin, Kristina Gjerde, Michael Barton, Eva Schloss

    Matthew Bannister on an artist, an activist, a 麻豆社 executive and a holocaust survivor.

  22. Brigitte Bardot, Sir Alec Reed, Alwyn Crawshaw, Dame Sh芒n Legge-Bourke

    Jon Kay on an actor, a businessman, an artist, a landowner

  23. Antony Price, Sister Stan Kennedy, Ena Collymore Woodstock, John Carey

    Jon Kay on a fashion designer, a nun, a barrister, a literary critic

  24. Rob Reiner, Joanna Trollope, Stanley Baxter, Sophie Kinsella

    Matthew Bannister on a film-maker, a comedian and two authors.

  25. Iain Douglas-Hamilton, Vera Weisfeld, Frank Gehry, Martin Parr

    Matthew Bannister on a zoologist, a businesswoman, an architect and a photographer.

  26. Sir Tom Stoppard, Pam Hogg, Yanxin He, Jack Shepherd

    Matthew Bannister on a playwright, a designer, a language speaker and an actor.

  27. Jimmy Cliff, Charlotte Bingham, Skye Gyngell, David Bellos

    Kirsty Lang on a musician, a writer, a chef and a translator.

  28. Baroness Newlove, Zoe Wicomb, Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC, Professor Roland Paxton

    Matthew Bannister on a campaigner, an author, a lawyer and a civil engineer.

  29. James Watson, Pauline Collins, Judith Vidal-Hall, Dugald Ross

    Matthew Bannister on a scientist, an actor, a journalist and a fossil hunter.

  30. Dick Cheney, Yvonne Brewster, Mary McGee, Peter Watkins

    Matthew Bannister on a US politician, a theatre director, a campaigner and a film-maker.

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