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

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Last Word: Jimmy Savile, Nusrat Bhutto, George Daniels, Axel Axgil, Norrie Woodhall

04/11/2011

Jimmy Savile, Nusrat Bhutto, George Daniels, Axel Axgil, Norrie Woodhall

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Jimmy Savile, Nusrat Bhutto, George Daniels, Axel Axgil, Norrie Woodhall

Matthew Bannister on Nusrat Bhutto, Sir Jimmy Savile, George Daniels and Norrie Woodhall.

Matthew Bannister on Pakistan's political matriarch Nusrat Bhutto, broadcaster Sir Jimmy Savile, watchmaker George Daniels, and 105-year-old Norrie Woodhall, who knew Thomas Hardy.

Matthew Bannister on

Begum Nusrat Bhutto, matriarch of Pakistan's political dynasty.

Sir Jimmy Savile, broadcaster, philanthropist and eccentric. We hear from his TV and radio producers.

George Daniels, one of the world's greatest watchmakers whose creations can sell for up to one million pounds.

Axel Axgil, the Danish gay rights campaigner who took part in the world's first same sex civil partnership.

And Norrie Woodhall. At the age of 105, she was the last surviving person to have known Thomas Hardy.

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

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