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Last Word Episodes

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    Martin McGuinness, Chuck Berry, Sir Derek Walcott, Salome Karwah, Colin Dexter

    Matthew Bannister on a politician, a musician, a poet, an Ebola survivor, a writer.

  2. John Surtees, Gordon Thomas, Sir Howard Hodgkin, H. Boyd Woodruff, Joni Sledge

    Matthew Bannister on a racing driver, a writer, an artist, a microbiologist, a singer.

  3. Sir Nigel Rodley, Sir Cosmo Haskard, Louise Hulton, Pete Overend Watts

    Matthew Bannister on a lawyer, a bass player, a maternal health expert, a governor.

  4. Gerald Kaufman, Dick Bruna, Desmond Connell, Rita Barber谩, Frank Delaney

    Julian Worricker on two politicians, a cardinal, a writer, an illustrator.

  5. Stanley Bard, Norma McCorvey, Michael Ember, Peter Skellern

    Kate Silverton on a hotelier, a campaigner, a radio producer and a singer-songwriter.

  6. Al Jarreau, Betty Tebbs, Sir Peter Mansfield, Dame Jennifer Jenkins, Hans Rosling

    Matthew Bannister on a campaigner, a physicist, a chairwoman, a statistician and a singer.

  7. Alan Simpson, Brunhilde Pomsel, Sir Ken Morrison, Buchi Emecheta

    Matthew Bannister on a comedy writer, a secretary, a businessman and an author.

  8. Sir John Hurt, Margaret Pereira CBE, Sir Christopher Bland, Emma Tennant, Mary Tyler Moore

    Matthew Bannister on two actors, a forensic scientist, a chairman, a writer.

  9. Tam Dalyell MP, Victor Lownes, Babette Cole, Zhou Youguang, Gorden Kaye

    Matthew Bannister on an MP, a playboy, a children's author, a linguist, an actor.

  10. Baroness Heyhoe Flint, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Una Kroll, William Peter Blatty, Sir James Mancham

    Matthew Bannister on a cricketer, two presidents, a campaigner, a writer.

  11. Lord Snowdon, Graham Taylor, Jill Saward, Peter Sarstedt, Clare Hollingworth

    Matthew Bannister on a photographer, a manager, a campaigner, a musician, a journalist.

  12. John Berger, Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher, Henry Heimlich, Patsy Crampton, Brian Widlake and George Michael

    Julian Worricker on a writer, a linguist, a broadcaster, a musician, a surgeon, two actors

  13. Last Word End of Year Special

    Matthew Bannister and Nick Serpell recall a year when obituarists were in huge demand.

  14. Michael Nicholson, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Lord Prior, Rabbi Lionel Blue, Pauline Oliveros

    Julian Worricker on a journalist, an actress, a politician, a rabbi, a composer.

  15. Peter Gibson, AA Gill, Coral Atkins, William Chaloner, Ian McCaskill

    Matthew Bannister on a glazier, a journalist, a carer, a palaeobotanist, a weatherman.

  16. John Glenn, Peter Vaughan, Jayalalithaa Jayaram, Greg Lake

    Matthew Bannister on an astronaut, an actor, an Indian politician, a musician.

  17. Andrew Sachs, Fidel Castro, Mose Allison, The Honourable Margaret Rhodes

    Matthew Bannister on an actor, a revolutionary leader, a singer, the Queen's cousin.

  18. Martin Aitchison, Sir Mota Singh QC, William Trevor, Ruth Gruber, David Mancuso

    Kate Silverton on an artist, a judge, a writer, a photojournalist and a party host.

  19. Robert Vaughn, Sir Sigmund Sternberg, Carolyn Hardy OBE, Ewen Whitaker, Claude 'Curly' Putman

    Matthew Bannister on an actor, an astronomer, a gardener, a philanthropist, a singer.

  20. Leonard Cohen, Lt Col Robert Montgomery MC, Janet Reno, Sir Jimmy Young

    Matthew Bannister on a singer, a war hero, a US attorney general, a broadcaster.

  21. Tom Hayden, Valerie Hunter Gordon, Carole Blake, Anne Pashley

    Matthew Bannister on a political activist, an inventor, a literary agent, an opera singer.

  22. Raine, Countess Spencer, James "Jimmy" Perry, Stylianos Pattakos, Howard Davies, Bobby Vee

    Matthew Bannister on a countess, a comedy writer, a Greek general, a director, a singer.

  23. Jean Alexander, Trinh Thi Ngo, Ian Mercer, Joseph Harmatz, Joan Marie Johnson

    Matthew Bannister on an actress, a broadcaster, a naturalist, an 'Avenger' and a singer.

  24. King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Dario Fo, Jean Bloxam, Andrew Vicari, Don Buchla

    Matthew Bannister on a king, a playwright, a racing driver, a painter, a musical inventor.

  25. Sir Neville Marriner, Father Gabriele Amorth, Beryl Crockford, Professor Louis Herman, Rod Temperton

    Matthew Bannister on a conductor, an exorcist, a rower, a psychologist and a songwriter.

  26. Shimon Peres, Nathalie Evans, Arnold Palmer, Bill Mollison, Jean Shepard

    Shimon Peres, Nathalie Evans, Arnold Palmer, Bill Mollison, Jean Shepard.

  27. Edward Albee, James Cronin, Caroline Thomson OBE, Sir Frederick Holliday, Charmian Carr

    Matthew Bannister on a playwright, a physicist, a health administrator and a zoologist.

  28. Barry Myers, Eileen Younghusband, Robin Spark, Keith McDougall, Prince Buster

    Matthew Bannister on a director, a filter officer, an artist, a countryman, a ska star.

  29. The Right Rev David Jenkins, Dame Margaret Anstee, Islam Karimov, Richard Neville

    Matthew Bannister on a bishop, a diplomat, a president and an editor.

  30. Joao Havelange, Sonia Rykiel, Gene Wilder, Toots Thielemans

    Matthew Bannister on a FIFA president, a fashion designer, an actor, a jazz musician.

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