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

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Matthew Bannister

Laura Northedge

Last Word: A film director, a property developer, a radio operator, an actor and a rock legend

A film director, a property developer, a radio operator, an actor and a rock legend

01/11/2013

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, A film director, a property developer, a radio operator, an actor and a rock legend

Matthew Bannister on Antonia Bird, Paul Reichmann, Robert Ford, Nigel Davenport, Lou Reed.

Obituaries. Matthew Bannister remembers film director Antonia Bird, property developer Paul Reichmann, radio operator Robert Ford, actor Nigel Davenport and rock icon Lou Reed.

Matthew Bannister on

The film director Antonia Bird. Her movies tackled controversial issues like homelessness, sexual abuse and the harsh realities of working class life. We have tributes from Maxine Peake and Linus Roache.

Also Paul Reichmann - the property developer who built Canary Wharf against all the odds.

Robert Ford, the British radio operator captured by the Chinese during their invasion of Tibet.

Nigel Davenport, the versatile actor who appeared in the films A Man For All Seasons and Chariots of Fire and the TV series Howard's Way.

And Lou Reed, whose songs about the darker side of American life influenced a generation of rock bands.

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