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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: John Surtees, Gordon Thomas, Sir Howard Hodgkin, H. Boyd Woodruff, Joni Sledge

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John Surtees, Gordon Thomas, Sir Howard Hodgkin, H. Boyd Woodruff, Joni Sledge

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, John Surtees, Gordon Thomas, Sir Howard Hodgkin, H. Boyd Woodruff, Joni Sledge

Matthew Bannister on a racing driver, a writer, an artist, a microbiologist, a singer.

Matthew Bannister on racing driver John Surtees, writer Gordon Thomas, artist Sir Howard Hodgkin, microbiologist Boyd Woodruff, singer Joni Sledge.

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The racing driver John Surtees who won world championships on two wheels and four.

Gordon Thomas who wrote best selling books about espionage and religion.

Sir Howard Hodgkin - one of the UK's most admired modern painters.

H. Boyd Woodruff, the microbiologist who isolated life saving antibiotics in soil.

Joni Sledge one of four singing sisters in the disco group Sister Sledge.

Producer: Neil George.

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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