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Last Word: Doing Death Differently Episodes

  1. Tomorrow 19:00
    BBC Radio 4

    Shall we talk about death?

    1/5 Matthew Bannister on changing attitudes to dying, death and how we memorialise our dead.

  2. Sunday 12:15
    BBC Radio 4

    Shall we talk about death?

    1/5 Matthew Bannister on changing attitudes to dying, death and how we memorialise our dead.

  3. Next Saturday 19:00
    BBC Radio 4

    The funeral

    2/5 Matthew Bannister on changing attitudes to dying, death and how we memorialise our dead.

  4. Sun 2 Aug 2026 12:15
    BBC Radio 4

    The funeral

    2/5 Matthew Bannister on changing attitudes to dying, death and how we memorialise our dead.

  5. Sat 8 Aug 2026 19:00
    BBC Radio 4

    Lay this body down

    3/5 Matthew Bannister on changing attitudes to dying, death and how we memorialise our dead.

  6. Sun 9 Aug 2026 12:15
    BBC Radio 4

    Lay this body down

    3/5 Matthew Bannister on changing attitudes to dying, death and how we memorialise our dead.