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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

Last Word: David Bowie, Alan Rickman, Olwyn Hughes and Ed Stewart

David Bowie, Alan Rickman, Olwyn Hughes and Ed Stewart

15/01/2016

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, David Bowie, Alan Rickman, Olwyn Hughes and Ed Stewart

Matthew Bannister on a rock star, an actor, a literary agent, a DJ

Matthew Bannister on David Bowie, actor Alan Rickman, literary agent Olwyn Hughes, DJ Ed "Stewpot" Stewart

Matthew Bannister on 

David Bowie, art expert, fashion icon and media manipulator. 

Alan Rickman, the actor most famous for playing villains from the Sheriff of Nottingham to Professor Snape. 

Olwyn Hughes, the sister of the poet Ted Hughes who fiercely guarded his literary legacy and that of his late wife Sylvia Plath. 

And Ed "Stewpot" Stewart, the Radio 1 and 2 DJ who presented Junior Choice.

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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