Bill Wedderburn, Adrienne Rich, Tom Lodge, Howard Anderson and Cedric Sharpley Fri, 6 Apr 12 Jane Little on: Bill Wedderburn, lawyer and hero of the trade unions. Adrienne Rich, one of the most influential American poets of the last half century. Tom...
Lord Newton, Jockey Wilson, Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, Jennifer Longford and Earl Scruggs Fri, 30 Mar 12 Matthew Bannister on the Tory politician Lord Newton - a respected Minister of Health and Secretary of State for social security - who Edwina Currie...
Pope Shenouda III, King George Toupu V, Maurice Andre, Simin Daneshvar and Chaleo Yoovidhya Fri, 23 Mar 12 Matthew Bannister on His Holiness Pope Shenouda the third, leader of the Coptic church who had to defend his flock in Egypt from violence and p...
Sherwood Rowland, Lawrence Anthony, James Q Wilson, Joe Thompson and Jack Chippendale. Fri, 16 Mar 12 Matthew Bannister on Sherwood Rowland who won the Nobel prize for showing that chemicals used in aerosols were damaging the ozone layer. Lawrence An...
John Wilson on Davy Jones, Jean Pateman, Steve Kordek and Betty Parsons. Fri, 2 Mar 12 Radio 4's obituary programme, telling the lives of significant figures who have recently died. This week John Wilson marks the lives of Davy Jones - the child acto...
Matthew Bannister on Marie Colvin, John Fairfax, MRD Foot and Frank Carson. Fri, 24 Feb 12 Radio 4's obituary programme, telling the lives of significant figures who have recently died. This week Matthew Bannister marks the lives of the war correspon...
Smolen, Nigel Doughty, Antoni Tapies and Don Cornelius. Fri, 10 Feb 12 Radio 4's obituary programme, telling the lives of significant figures who have recently died. This week Matthew Bannister marks the lives of the socialite Angela Culme-Seymour wh...
03 Feb 12 : Matthew Bannister on Angelo Dundee, Homai Vyarawalla, Isi Metzstein, Oscar Luigi Scalfaro and Theo Angelopoulos and Fri, 3 Feb 12 Radio 4's obituary programme, telling the lives of significant figures who have recently died. This week Mat...
Matthew Bannister on Kim Jong-il, Chris Athey, Russell Hoban, Cesaria Evora, Vaclav Havel Fri, 23 Dec 11 Radio 4's obituary programme, telling the lives of significant figures who have recently died. This week Matthew Bannister marks the lives of the...
11 Nov 11: Wallace Cunningham, Lord Gould, Alfonso Cano and Joe Frazier. Fri, 11 Nov 11 Radio 4's obituary programme, telling the lives of significant figures who have recently died. This week Matthew Bannister marks the lives of the Battle of Britai...