# Last Word

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Official site: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qpmv
Author: BBC
Episodes: 571

## Resource

Radio 4's weekly obituary programme, telling the life stories of those who have died recently

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## Episodes
- [Founder of the ‘MOBOs’ and champion of black music – Kanya King](https://stenobird.com/podcast/last-word-1033243/founder-of-the-mobos-and-champion-of-black-music-kanya-king) — 2026-06-12T15:26:00+00:00
- [Larry King: The man behind Billie Jean King’s feminist tennis revolution](https://stenobird.com/podcast/last-word-1033243/larry-king-the-man-behind-billie-jean-king-s-feminist-tennis-revolution) — 2026-06-05T15:30:00+00:00
- [Clarence B Jones, Judith Chalmers, Dr Anna Ritchie, Professor Frank Land](https://stenobird.com/podcast/last-word-1033243/clarence-b-jones-judith-chalmers-dr-anna-ritchie-professor-frank-land) — 2026-05-29T15:30:00+00:00
- [Michael Pennington, Cynthia Shange, Scott Hastings, Beverley Martyn](https://stenobird.com/podcast/last-word-1033243/michael-pennington-cynthia-shange-scott-hastings-beverley-martyn) — 2026-05-22T15:00:00+00:00
- [Ruth Slenczynska, Dame Bridget Ogilvie, Tony Worthington, Russell Tyner KC](https://stenobird.com/podcast/last-word-1033243/ruth-slenczynska-dame-bridget-ogilvie-tony-worthington-russell-tyner-kc) — 2026-05-15T15:01:00+00:00
- [Dr Ittai Gradel, Dame Shirley Porter, Professor Nigel Dunnett, María Nieves Rego](https://stenobird.com/podcast/last-word-1033243/dr-ittai-gradel-dame-shirley-porter-professor-nigel-dunnett-mar-a-nieves-rego) — 2026-05-08T15:30:00+00:00
- [Xia De-hong, Lord Hunt of Chesterton, Joan Burstein, Bill Leader](https://stenobird.com/podcast/last-word-1033243/xia-de-hong-lord-hunt-of-chesterton-joan-burstein-bill-leader) — 2026-05-01T15:25:00+00:00
- [Andy Kershaw, Dame Averil Cameron, Dr Judith Rapoport, Desmond Morris](https://stenobird.com/podcast/last-word-1033243/andy-kershaw-dame-averil-cameron-dr-judith-rapoport-desmond-morris) — 2026-04-24T15:28:00+00:00
- [Asha Bhosle, Sir Neil Cossons, Professor Harold Ellis, Daphne Selfe](https://stenobird.com/podcast/last-word-1033243/asha-bhosle-sir-neil-cossons-professor-harold-ellis-daphne-selfe) — 2026-04-17T15:04:00+00:00
- [Sir Craig Reedie, Bronwen Naish, Geoff Yeadon, Margareta Magnusson](https://stenobird.com/podcast/last-word-1033243/sir-craig-reedie-bronwen-naish-geoff-yeadon-margareta-magnusson) — 2026-04-10T15:25:00+00:00
- [Robert Fox, Mary Rand MBE, Sir Tony Hoare, Biruté Galdikas](https://stenobird.com/podcast/last-word-1033243/robert-fox-mary-rand-mbe-sir-tony-hoare-birut-galdikas) — 2026-04-10T10:02:00+00:00
- [Dame Jenni Murray, Len Deighton, Lynda Hale, Jurgen Habermas](https://stenobird.com/podcast/last-word-1033243/dame-jenni-murray-len-deighton-lynda-hale-jurgen-habermas) — 2026-04-03T15:22:00+00:00
- [Yanar Mohammed, MP Phil Woolas, Professor Robin Weiss, Jane Lapotaire](https://stenobird.com/podcast/last-word-1033243/yanar-mohammed-mp-phil-woolas-professor-robin-weiss-jane-lapotaire) — 2026-03-20T16:25:00+00:00
- [Paul Conroy, Kenith Trodd, Astrid Llewellyn, Jo Purvis](https://stenobird.com/podcast/last-word-1033243/paul-conroy-kenith-trodd-astrid-llewellyn-jo-purvis) — 2026-03-13T16:25:00+00:00
- [Neil Sedaka, Drusilla Beyfus, Professor Dame Carole Jordan, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei](https://stenobird.com/podcast/last-word-1033243/neil-sedaka-drusilla-beyfus-professor-dame-carole-jordan-ayatollah-ali-khamenei) — 2026-03-06T16:25:00+00:00
- [Martyn Butler, Allan Massie, Professor Nicola Fear, Willie Colón](https://stenobird.com/podcast/last-word-1033243/martyn-butler-allan-massie-professor-nicola-fear-willie-col-n) — 2026-02-27T16:30:00+00:00
- [Reverend Jesse Jackson, Diane Munday, Philippe Gaulier, Lady Jean Wilson](https://stenobird.com/podcast/last-word-1033243/reverend-jesse-jackson-diane-munday-philippe-gaulier-lady-jean-wilson) — 2026-02-20T16:30:00+00:00
- [Meredith Hooper, David Young, Dorothy Solomon, Derek Kelly](https://stenobird.com/podcast/last-word-1033243/meredith-hooper-david-young-dorothy-solomon-derek-kelly) — 2026-02-13T16:25:00+00:00
- [Sir Nicholas White, Lord Wallace, Professor Deborah Cameron, Sly Dunbar](https://stenobird.com/podcast/last-word-1033243/sir-nicholas-white-lord-wallace-professor-deborah-cameron-sly-dunbar) — 2026-02-06T16:25:00+00:00
- [Sir Mark Tully, Dame Gillian Wagner, Dr Gladys West, Richard Larn OBE](https://stenobird.com/podcast/last-word-1033243/sir-mark-tully-dame-gillian-wagner-dr-gladys-west-richard-larn-obe) — 2026-01-30T16:33:00+00:00
- [Molly Burkett, Sir James Munby, Edith Flanigen, Aldrich Ames](https://stenobird.com/podcast/last-word-1033243/molly-burkett-sir-james-munby-edith-flanigen-aldrich-ames) — 2026-01-23T16:25:00+00:00
- [Claudette Colvin, Ian Balding, Gerry Gable, Bob Weir, Juliet Robertson](https://stenobird.com/podcast/last-word-1033243/claudette-colvin-ian-balding-gerry-gable-bob-weir-juliet-robertson) — 2026-01-16T16:25:00+00:00
- [Molly Parkin, Kristina Gjerde, Michael Barton, Eva Schloss](https://stenobird.com/podcast/last-word-1033243/molly-parkin-kristina-gjerde-michael-barton-eva-schloss) — 2026-01-09T16:24:00+00:00
- [Brigitte Bardot, Sir Alec Reed, Alwyn Crawshaw, Dame Shân Legge-Bourke](https://stenobird.com/podcast/last-word-1033243/brigitte-bardot-sir-alec-reed-alwyn-crawshaw-dame-sh-n-legge-bourke) — 2026-01-02T16:24:00+00:00
- [Antony Price, Sister Stan Kennedy, Ena Collymore Woodstock,  John Carey](https://stenobird.com/podcast/last-word-1033243/antony-price-sister-stan-kennedy-ena-collymore-woodstock-john-carey) — 2025-12-26T16:00:00+00:00

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