Last Word

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Last WordGenre| Factual

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Running time| 28 minutes
Country of origin| United Kingdom
Home station| BBC Radio 4
Hosted by| Matthew Bannister
Original release| 10 February 2006 – present
Website| BBC website page

Last Word is an obituary BBC radio series broadcast weekly on Radio 4. Each week the lives of several famous people who have recently died are summarised with narration, and interviews with people who knew them. The programme is normally presented by Matthew Bannister, although on odd occasions it has been presented by other people such as Kate Silverton or Julian Worricker.

The programme was first broadcast on 10 February 2006,[1] with a biography of American songwriter Paul Vance (1929-2022) being broadcast on the edition of 29 September 2006, a rare example of somebody still living being featured as a Last Word subject,[2][3] with Vance also being interview by the programme, after his death was announced in the media by mistake.

## References[edit]

1. ^ Reynolds, Gillian (10 February 2006). "Today's TV & radio choices". The Telegraph. London. Radio choices by Gillian Reynolds. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
2. ^ "BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Amanda Claridge, Sidhu Moose Wala (Pictured), Mark Sykes, Paul Vance".
3. ^ Information from Last Word, BBC Radio 4 on 10 June 2022: Matthew Bannister on Amanda Claridge, Sidhu Moose Wala, Mark Sykes and Paul Vance

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