Matthew Bannister on Gore Vidal, Maeve Binchy, Ann Atkinson and Geoffrey Hughes Fri, 3 Aug 12 Radio 4s obituary programme, marking the lives of significant figures who have died recently. This week Matthew Bannister marks the lives of Gore Vidal the...
Matthew Bannister on Sally Ride, Omar Suleiman, Rajesh Khanna, Jane Leighton and Jim Drake Fri, 27 Jul 12 Radio 4s obituary programme, marking the lives of significant figures who have died recently. Matthew Bannister marks the lives of Sally Ride wh...
Matthew Bannister on Sir Alastair Burnet, Jon Lord, Yaakov Meidad and Mike Westmacott. Fri, 20 Jul 12 Matthew Bannister on the ITN newsreader and journalist Sir Alastair Burnet, who presented News At Ten over nearly twenty five years. Jon Lord - keyb...
Ernest Borgnine, Elinor Ostrom, Jeff Keen, Andy Hamilton Fri, 13 Jul 12 Matthew Bannister on craggy film and TV character actor Ernest Borgnine - best known for playing baddies in a host of war and western movies. The Nobel prize winning political sc...
Eric Sykes, Sir Michael Palliser, Gillian Hush and Yitzhak Shamir. Fri, 6 Jul 12 Radio 4s obituary programme, marking the lives of significant figures who have died recently. John Wilson explores Eric Sykes' comic talents on screen, stage and golf co...
Nora Ephron, Gunnar Sonsteby, Ron Onions, John Horder and Doc Watson. Fri, 29 Jun 12 Radio 4s obituary programme, marking the lives of significant figures who have died recently. Matthew Bannister marks the lives of the screenwriter, director and ess...
Rodney King, Tefilo Stevenson, Gitta Sereny Victor Spinetti Fri, 22 Jun 12 Matthew Bannister on: Rodney King, victim of brutal beating who became the reluctant symbol of race relations. Tefilo Stevenson, Cuban heavyweight and three-time Olympic gold...
Lee Rich, Lady McFarlane, Warda al-Jazairia, Phillip Tobias, Barry Unsworth Fri, 15 Jun 12 Matthew Bannister on: Lee Rich advertising executive who became a top TV producer. Lady McFarlane of Llandaff pioneer of nursing who had a profound impact on t...
Ray Bradbury, Bob Edwards, Astrid Aghajanian and Herb Reed Fri, 8 Jun 12 Matthew Bannister on: Ray Bradbury Peerless American short-story writer and the author of Fahrenheit 451. Bob Edwards Former Fleet Street editor who grappled with Lord Beaverbro...
Leo De Rothschild, Donald Duck Dunn, Elisabeth Tomalin and Colin McIntyre Fri, 1 Jun 12 Radio 4s obituary programme, marking the lives of significant figures who have died recently. Matthew Bannister marks the lives of Leopold De Rothschild, the bank...