Last Word is an obituary BBC radio series broadcast weekly on Radio 4.
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Each week, the lives of recently-deceased famous people are summarised with narration and interviews with people who knew them. The programme is normally presented by Matthew Bannister, although in some occasions, it has been presented by other people such as Kate Silverton or Julian Worricker.
Genre | Factual |
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Running time | 28 minutes |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Home station | BBC Radio 4 |
Hosted by | Matthew Bannister |
Original release | 10 February 2006 – present |
Website | BBC website page |
The programme was first broadcast on 10 February 2006, with a biography of American songwriter Paul Vance (1929–2022) being broadcast on the edition of 29 September 2006, a rare example of somebody still living being featured as a Last Word subject, with Vance also being interviewed by the programme, after his death was announced in the media by mistake.
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