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Last Word Episodes

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    Daniel Ellsberg, Glenda Jackson, Melanie Phillips, Sir Ben Helfgott

    Matthew Bannister on a whistleblower, an actor, a social worker and a holocaust survivor.

  2. Silvio Berlusconi, Cormac McCarthy, Kathryn Harries, Francoise Gilot

    John Wilson on a prime minister, a novelist, a soprano and an artist.

  3. Mel Parry, Professor Alice Coleman, Hugh Callaghan, Cynthia Weil

    Matthew Bannister on an SAS veteran, a geographer, a labourer and a songwriter.

  4. Jeremy Clarke, Dr Moira Woods, Iain Johnstone, Rita Lee

    Matthew Bannister on a columnist, a campaigner, a film critic and a singer.

  5. Tina Turner, Martin Amis, Leroy Cooper, Rolf Harris, Marlene Bauer Hagge

    Matthew Bannister on a singer, an author, a photographer and a golfer.

  6. Newton Minow, Vicky Neale, Lois Keith, Gerald Rose

    Matthew Bannister on a broadcast regulator, a mathematician, a campaigner, an illustrator.

  7. Grace Bumbry, Don Short, Dame Rosemary Cramp, Wee Willie Harris

    Matthew Bannister on an opera singer, a journalist, an archaeologist and a rock鈥榥鈥檙oller

  8. Harry Belafonte, Jerry Springer, Valerie Winn, Kate Saunders

    Matthew Bannister on a singer and actor, a broadcaster, a runner and an author.

  9. Barry Humphries, Len Goodman, Professor Elizabeth Murray, Jah Shaka

    Matthew Bannister on a comedian, a dancer, a medical researcher and a musician

  10. Anne Perry, Dame Mary Quant, Jean Argles, Ahmad Jamal

    Matthew Bannister on an author, a designer, a codebreaker and a musician.

  11. Ben Ferencz, Seymour Fortescue, Valerie Elliott, Rachel Pollack

    Matthew Bannister on a lawyer, a banker, a journalist, an author

  12. Nigel Lawson, Emahoy Tsegu茅-Maryam Gu猫brou, Ken Buchanan, Mary Rayner

    Matthew Bannister on a politician, a musician, a boxer and a writer.

  13. Paul O'Grady, Gordon Moore, Vera Selby, Simon Emmerson

    Matthew Bannister on an entertainer, a tech entrepreneur, a snooker player, a musician.

  14. Jacqueline Gold CBE, Lance Reddick, Traute Lafrenz, Lynn Seymour

    Matthew Bannister on a businesswoman, an actor, a campaigner, a ballerina

  15. Chaim Topol, Zandra Flemister, Bill Tidy MBE, Avis Fawcitt

    Matthew Bannister on an actor, a special agent, a cartoonist and a music teacher.

  16. Judith Heumann, Brian Tufano, Sir David Elliott KCMG, Elizabeth Foulkes

    Matthew Bannister on a campaigner, a cinematographer, a diplomat and an architect.

  17. Lady Betty Boothroyd, Marianne Mantell, John Motson OBE, Sulamita Aronovsky

    Kirsty Lang on a politician, a publisher, a football commentator and a pianist.

  18. Dorothy Pitman Hughes, Ralph Hooper OBE, Raquel Welch, Dickie Davies

    A feminist, an engineer, an actress and a sports presenter.

  19. David Vaughan OBE, Burt Bacharach, Janet Anderson, Eileen Sheridan

    Matthew Bannister on a glaciologist, a composer, an MP and a cyclist.

  20. Frene Ginwala, Lady Martha Bruce OBE, Pervez Musharraf, Paco Rabanne

    Matthew Bannister on an activist, a prison governor, a president and a designer.

  21. Ralph Ehrmann, Sylvia Syms, Rabbi Dr Abraham Levy, Jo Sandilands

    Matthew Bannister on a businessman, an actor, a Rabbi and an editor.

  22. Howard Baderman, David Crosby, Milly Thompson, Brenda Heywood

    Matthew Bannister on a doctor, a musician, an artist and an archaeologist.

  23. Jeff Beck, Alice Mahon, Tom Karen OBE, Gina Lollobrigida

    Matthew Bannister on a guitarist, an MP, a designer and an actress.

  24. Gianluca Vialli, Fay Weldon, Michael Dower, Anita Pointer

    Matthew Bannister on a footballer, an author, a conservationist and a singer.

  25. Pope Benedict XVI, Dame Vivienne Westwood, James Caan, Georgia Holt

    Matthew Bannister on a pope, a fashion designer, an actor and a singer.

  26. Terry Hall, Dame Beryl Grey, Heather Iandolo, Eric Allison

    Matthew Bannister on a singer, the daughter of Lord Haw Haw, an ex-offender, a ballerina

  27. Victor Lewis-Smith, Maureen Doherty, Pablo Milan茅s, Ailsa Irving

    Matthew Bannister on a columnist and broadcaster, a designer, a singer, and a campaigner.

  28. Joyce Bryant, George 'Johnny' Johnson MBE, Dame Clare Marx, Joseph Kittinger

    Matthew Bannister on a singer, a squadron leader, a surgeon, a skydiver.

  29. Christine McVie, Jiang Zemin, Derek Granger

    Matthew Bannister on a musician, a Chinese leader and a producer.

  30. Doddie Weir, Hebe de Bonafini, Irene Cara, Cornelia Schroeder

    Matthew Bannister on a rugby player, a campaigner, a singer and a virologist.

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