Last Word

This article is about the BBC radio programme. For other uses, see The Last Word.

Last Word is a radio obituary series broadcast weekly on BBC Radio 4. Each week, the lives of recently-deceased famous people are summarised with narration and interviews with people who knew them. It is normally presented by Matthew Bannister, although occasionally it has been presented by others, including Kate Silverton and Julian Worricker.

Last Word

Genre	Factual
Running time	28 minutes
Country of origin	England
Language(s)	English
Home station	BBC Radio 4
Hosted by	Matthew Bannister
Original release	10 February 2006 – present
Website	BBC website page

The programme was first broadcast on 10 February 2006.^[1] On 29 September 2006, a biography of American songwriter Paul Vance (1929–2022) was broadcast, including an interview with Vance himself, after his death was announced in the media by mistake.^[2]