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Last Word

A comedy writer, a founding member of The Doors, an Argentine dictator, a Pakistani politician and an escapologist

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Obituary series. Matthew Bannister on Doors keyboard player Ray Manzarek, Argentine dictator Jorge Videla, Pakistani politician Zahra Shahid Hussain and comedy writer Eddie Braben. Show more

Contributors

Producer:
Julian May

Last Word

Paul Ausseresses, Olivia Robertson, Noel Woodall, Hugh de Wardener, Junior Murvin

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Matthew Bannister on General Paul Aussaressess, Archpriestess Olivia Robertson, car number plate expert Noel Woodall, kidney specialist Hugh de Wardener and singer Junior Murvin. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Agnes Poirier
Interviewed Guest:
Anna Currey
Interviewed Guest:
Cressida Pryor
Interviewed Guest:
Quentin Willson
Interviewed Guest:
Gabrielle de Wardener
Interviewed Guest:
Robert Schrier
Interviewed Guest:
David Katz

Last Word

Richard Attenborough, Helen Bamber, BKS Iyengar, Sam Galbraith, Bill Kerr

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Obituaries. Matthew Bannister remembers film director Lord Attenborough, human rights campaigner Helen Bamber, yoga guru BKS Iyengar and neurosurgeon and Labour MSP Sam Galbraith. Show more

Contributors

Last Word

A country singer, a Labour Party General Secretary, a film star, a cellist and a co-housing campaigner

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Matthew Bannister on country star George Jones, Labour Party general secretary Jim Mortimer, film star Deanna Durbin, cellist Janos Starker and co-housing campaigner Sarah Berger. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Hank Wangford

Last Word

A British composer, a Northern Irish MP, a Romanian architect, a German mayor and a British supercentenarian

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Obituary series. Matthew Bannister remembers composer Sir John Tavener, SDLP MP Eddie McGrady, Romanian architect Anca Petrescu and German mayor Manfred Rommel. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
David Montgomery

Last Word

A screenwriter, a champagne maker, a learning disabilities campaigner, a president, a Welsh poet and a music producer

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Matthew Bannister on novelist and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, champagne maker Henri Krug, learning disabilities campaigner Mabel Cooper, and Liberian president Moses Blah. Show more

Contributors

Last Word

An Irish poet, a woman stockbroker, a Roma King and a Welsh rugby player

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Matthew Bannister remembers Irish poet Seamus Heaney, the New York stockbroker Muriel Siebert, the Roma King Florin Cioaba and the Welsh rugby player and commentator Cliff Morgan. Show more

Contributors

Last Word

A White House journalist, a comedian, an artist, a technology guru, and a blues musician

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Matthew Bannister remembers renowned White House correspondent Helen Thomas, painter William Turner, comedian Mel Smith, futurologist Dr James Martin and blues singer T-Model Ford. Show more

Contributors

Last Word

A Falklands War admiral, a writer and rock musician, an engineer who developed fracking, a French actress, a folk singer

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Matthew Bannister on Falklands War admiral Sir Sandy Woodward, writer and rock singer Mick Farren, French new wave actress Bernadette Lafont, and fracking pioneer George Mitchell. Show more

Last Word

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

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

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

Contributors

Last Word

Peter O'Toole, Lord Roberts of Conwy, Colin Wilson, Joan Fontaine, Ronnie Briggs

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Obituary series. Matthew Bannister on actor Peter O'Toole, Welsh Office Minister Lord Roberts of Conwy, author Colin Wilson, actress Joan Fontaine, Great Train robber Ronnie Biggs. Show more

Contributors

Last Word

A sex therapist, an archeologist, a modelling agent, a meditation teacher and a guitarist and songwriter

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Jane Little remembers sex therapist Virginia Johnson, archeologist Mike Morwood, modelling agent John Casablancas, meditation teacher Sonia Moriceau and songwriter JJ Cale. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Little

Woman's Hour

Adwoa Aboah, Children and antidepressants, Clare Bowen

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Jenni talks to British model Adwoa Aboah, we hear music from Nashville performer Clare Bowen and discuss why record numbers of children are being prescribed antidepressants. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Adwoa Aboah
Interviewed Guest:
Clare Bowen
Interviewed Guest:
Charles Esten
Interviewed Guest:
Helen Stokes-Lampard
Interviewed Guest:
Selin Kiazim
Presenter:
Jenni Murray

Woman's Hour

Leaving prison

Duration: 41 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

We hear from a woman as she leaves prison, the theatre director Katie Mitchell and speak to Tara Sephiri Far about women in Iran. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Katie Mitchell
Interviewed Guest:
Tara Sephiri Far
Interviewed Guest:
Emma Claire Sweeney
Interviewed Guest:
Emily Midorikawa

Woman's Hour

Lynda Bellingham; Could the CPS do more to prosecute historic sexual assault?

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Presented by Jenni Murray, featuring Lynda Bellingham on her autobiography; could the CPS do more to prosecute historic sexual assault?; and Chore Wars: disability and illness. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Lynda Bellingham
Interviewed Guest:
Alison Saunders

Woman's Hour

Lena Dunham

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Lena Dunham, the writer, director and star of acclaimed television series Girls, talks to Jenni about her revolutionary attitude to female nudity and her revealing new memoir. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Lena Dunham
Interviewed Guest:
Susie Lau
Interviewed Guest:
Donna Loveday
Interviewed Guest:
Ruby Tandoh
Interviewed Guest:
Joan Smith
Interviewed Guest:
Susuana Antubam

Woman's Hour

Shakespeare's mothers and sons, When should you go public about sexism?

Duration: 54 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Is it always appropriate to speak out in public about sexist behaviour? Plus Shakepeare's portrayal of mothers and sons and the history of criminalising prostitution. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Laura Bates
Interviewed Guest:
Edwina Currie
Interviewed Guest:
Michelle Posthill
Interviewed Guest:
Linda Robinson
Interviewed Guest:
Hallie Rubenhold
Interviewed Guest:
Julia Laite

Woman's Hour

Mothers and Daughters with Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Janet Ellis

Duration: 41 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Sophie Ellis-Bextor and her mother Janet Ellis join Jenni to discuss their relationship. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Interviewed Guest:
Janet Ellis
Interviewed Guest:
Nimco Ali
Interviewed Guest:
Jackie Briggs
Interviewed Guest:
Alana Kirk

Last Word

Roger Lloyd Pack, Prof Julian B Rotter, Hiroo Onoda, Rae Woodland, Ariel Sharon

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Obituary series. Matthew Bannister remembers actor Roger Lloyd Pack, psychologist Prof Julian B Rotter, opera singer Rae Woodland and former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
David Jason
Interviewed Guest:
Kenneth Cranham
Interviewed Guest:
Doffie Rotter
Interviewed Guest:
Claudia Hammond
Interviewed Guest:
Nina Horrocks-Hopayian
Interviewed Guest:
Gill Horrocks
Interviewed Guest:
David Rayvern Allen
Interviewed Guest:
Jeremy Bowen

Woman's Hour

Friendship

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Can men and women be friends? Geoff Lloyd explains the benefits of having a good friend of the opposite sex and Vanessa Feltz talks about losing her friends after her divorce. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Presenter:
Tim Samuels
Interviewed Guest:
Geoff Lloyd
Interviewed Guest:
Tom Ellen
Interviewed Guest:
Lucy Ivison
Interviewed Guest:
Anjula Muntanda
Interviewed Guest:
Mark Vernon
Interviewed Guest:
Simon Speakman Cordall
Interviewed Guest:
Vanessa Feltz