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    Lord Parkinson, Bill Mitchell, Paddy Doherty, Henry Worsley, Dr Gladys-Marie Fry

    Matthew Bannister on a politician, an editor, an activist, an explorer, a folklorist

  2. Glenn Frey, Lord Weidenfeld, Jeanne Cordova, Haskell Wexler, Gilbert Kaplan.

    Matthew Bannister on a rock star, a publisher, a lesbian campaigner, a cinematographer.

  3. David Bowie, Alan Rickman, Olwyn Hughes and Ed Stewart

    Matthew Bannister on a rock star, an actor, a literary agent, a DJ

  4. Robert Stigwood, Patricia Torrens, Pierre Boulez, Lord Ezra, Natalie Cole

    Obituary series, analysing and celebrating the lives of people who have recently died.

  5. Eric Tomlinson, Elsie Tu, Peter Dickinson, Lillian Vernon and Lemmy

    Julian Worricker on a sound engineer, a campaigner, a writer, a businesswoman, a musician.

  6. Some of the most memorable lives of the past twelve months

    A scientist, a diver, a marchioness and a singer - memorable lives from 2015 are recalled.

  7. Mick Murphy, Ahmed Chalabi, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Brajraj Mahapatra and Holly Woodlawn

    Matthew Bannister on a cyclist, a politician, a singer, a king, an actress.

  8. Marcus Klingberg, William McIlvanney, Setsuko Hara, Joel Elkes and John Peel

    Obituary series, analysing and celebrating the lives of people who have recently died.

  9. General Sir Robert Ford, Hazel Adair, Jane Wardle, Gerry Byrne and P.F Sloan

    Obituary series, analysing and celebrating the lives of people who have recently died.

  10. Peter Dimmock, Alix d'Unienville, Yolanda Sonnabend, Maggie Eales and George Barris

    Obituary series, analysing and celebrating the lives of people who have recently died.

  11. Roy Dommett, Warren Mitchell, Allen Toussaint, Cynthia Payne and Jonah Lomu

    Obituary series, analysing and celebrating the lives of people who have recently died.

  12. Helmut Schmidt, Pat Eddery, Julia Jones, Lord Noon and Nat Peck

    Obituary series, analysing and celebrating the lives of people who have recently died.

  13. Norman Moore, Diane Charlemagne, Professor David Cesarani, Colin Welland and Peter Donaldson

    Matthew Bannister on a conservationist, a singer, an historian, an actor, a newsreader

  14. Professor Lisa Jardine, Philip French, Ronnie Massarella, Maureen O'Hara

    Matthew Bannister on a polymath, a critic, a showjumping manager, a film star

  15. General John Galvin, Joan Leslie, Michael Meacher, Howard Kendall, Jerry Parr and Coleridge Goode

    Matthew Bannister on a general, an actress, an MP, a football manager and a bodyguard.

  16. Geoffrey Howe, Sue Lloyd-Roberts, Joe Henson, Hugh Scully and Alexander Faris

    Julian Worricker on a politician, a journalist, a farmer, a TV presenter and a composer.

  17. Lord Denis Healey, Carmen Balcells, Henning Mankell, Revd Kenneth Leech and Captain Bob Arnott

    Lucy Ash on a politician, a literary agent, a crime writer, a QE2 captain and a churchman.

  18. Brian Friel, General Mario Menendez, Tessa Ransford, John Guillermin, Ben Cauley

    Matthew Bannister talks about a playwright, a general, a poet and a director.

  19. Brian Sewell, Jackie Collins, Ted Smith CBE, PJ Kavanagh, Yogi Berra

    Matthew Bannister on an art critic, a novelist, a naturalist, a poet and a baseball player

  20. Sir David Willcocks, Merv Adelson, Mariem Hassan, Brian Close, Beryl Renwick

    Matthew Bannister on a choirmaster, a producer, a singer, a cricketer, a radio presenter.

  21. Sir Adrian Cadbury, Rico Rodriguez, Ieng Thirith, Margaret Harrison, Judy Carne

    Matthew Bannister on a businessman, a trombonist, a Khmer Rouge leader, a charity founder.

  22. Lord Montagu of Beaulieu, Joy Beverley, Oliver Sacks, Annette Worsley-Taylor

    Matthew Bannister talks about a peer, a singer, a neurologist and a fashion promoter.

  23. Bernie Passingham, Christopher Marshall, Wayne Carson, Michael Turk, Marie Dobbs, Yvonne Craig

    Matthew Bannister on a union official, a researcher, a songwriter, a waterman, an author.

  24. Khaled al-Asaad, Jazz Summers, Jack Gold, Manual Contreras, Dawn Wofford

    Lucy Ash on an archaeologist, a music manager, a director, a show jumper and a general.

  25. David Nobbs, Frances Kelsey, Kyril Zinovieff, Elio Fiorucci, Harry Pitch

    Reeta Chakrabarti on a writer, a scientist, a spy, a fashion designer and a musician.

  26. Cilla Black, Michael Kidson, APJ Abdul Kalam, Evelyn Gillan, George Cole

    Matthew Bannister discusses a singer, a teacher, a president, a campaigner and an actor.

  27. Nova Pilbeam, Reverend Owen Chadwick, Jon Vickers, Yoichiro Nambu, Nick Ryman

    Matthew Bannister on a historian, a tenor, a physicist, an actress, a vigneron

  28. Scot Breithaupt, E. L. Doctorow, Claudia Alexander, Ron Pollard, Magali Noel

    Matthew Bannister on a space scientist, a bookie, an author, a BMX pioneer, an actress.

  29. Rev Joyce Bennett, Prince Saud al-Faisal, Burt Shavitz, Michael Oliver, Ian Allan

    Matthew Bannister on a priest, a foreign minister, a beekeeper and a medical professor.

  30. Omar Sharif, Stanley 'Steve' Moore, Jules Wright, Yevgeny Primakov, Ernest Tomlinson

    Matthew Bannister on an actor, a detective, a director, a politician and a composer.

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