25/06/2010
Radio 4's obituary programme, analysing and reflecting on the lives of people who have recently died.
On Last Word this week Matthew Bannister marks the lives of:
The writer Alan Plater - who produced some of the most acclaimed television and radio dramas of the last fifty years.
The philosopher Lord Quinton who chaired Radio 4's Round Britain Quiz.
Professor Matthew Colton whose researches into the sexual abuse of children took him into prisons to interview paedophiles
The Mancunian comic Chris Sievey - better known as his comic alter ego Frank Sidebottom, complete with enlarged papier mache head
And the former England rugby international Andy Ripley - a true amateur of the game.
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- Fri 25 Jun 2010 16:00Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Radio 4
- Sun 27 Jun 2010 20:30Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Radio 4
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Last Word
Radio 4's weekly obituary programme
