Morris Beckman, Ornette Coleman, Tanith Lee, Sleyman Demirel and Doris Hart LAST FRIDAY Matthew Bannister on an activist, a musician, a writer, a president and a tennis player....
Christopher Lee, Marguerite Patten, James Last, Major Roy Homard, Ron Moody FRI 12 JUN 2015 Andrea Catherwood on two actors, a polar explorer, a cookery writer and a musician....
Tariq Aziz, Charles Kennedy, Julie Harris, Alan Bond, Peter Cropper FRI 5 JUN 2015 The lives of two politicians, a costume designer, an entrepreneur and a violinist....
Raymond Gosling, Eileen Gray, Sir Duncan Watson, Denys Darlow, Grace Lee Whitney FRI 29 MAY 2015 Matthew Bannister on a scientist, a cyclist, a blind campaigner, a conductor, an actress....
B.B. King, Kenan Evren, Sir Maurice Flanagan, Maya Plisetskaya and Wally Kahn Fri, 15 May 15 Radio 4's obituary programme, telling the lives of significant figures who have died recently. This week Matthew Bannister marks the lives of blues guitarist...
Jean Nidetch, Ruth Rendell, Geoff Duke, Katharine Worth, Errol Brown Fri, 8 May 15 Radio 4s obituary programme, telling the lives of significant figures who have died recently. This week Matthew Bannister marks the lives of Weight Watchers founder Je...
Matthew Bannister on Nusrat Bhutto, Sir Jimmy Savile, George Daniels, Axel Axgil and Norrie Woodhall Fri, 4 Nov 11 Radio 4's obituary programme, telling the lives of significant figures who have recently died. This week Matthew Bannister marks the li...
Matthew Bannister on Elouise Cobell, Edmundo Ros, Gil Hayward, Sue Mengers, Norman Corwin. Fri, 28 Oct 11 Radio 4's obituary programme, telling the lives of significant figures who have recently died. This week Matthew Bannister marks the lives of El...
Jane Little on Muammar Gaddafi, Dennis Ritchie, Sylvia Robinson, and Betty Driver Fri, 21 Oct 11 Radio 4's obituary programme, telling the lives of significant figures who have recently died. This week Jane Little marks the lives of Muammar Gaddafi -...
Vann Nath, Eugene Nida, Betty Skelton, Len Ganley, Ray Fisher Radio 4's obituary programme, telling the lives of significant figures who have recently died. This week Matthew Bannister marks the lives of Cambodian painter Vann Nath. He chronicled the...