LW: Jonathan Miller

this evening (sunday 1st), 8.31-8.41pm (repeated from 4.03pm friday), on bbc radio 4 

jonathan miller, b. 21.7.1934, d. 27.11.2019 (part of last word, obituary programme, presented by matthew bannister) 

“Sir Jonathan Miller, who hated the term polymath – but undoubtedly was one. He came to fame in the satirical revue Beyond the Fringe, was a celebrated opera and theatre director and sometimes regretted his decision not to concentrate on his first calling as a doctor.”

including interviews with …

• son william miller 

• biographer kate bassett 

LW: Geoffrey Paul

this evening (sunday 25th), 8.45-8.51pm (repeated from 4.17pm friday), on bbc radio 4 

geoffrey paul, b. 26.3.1929, d. 4.8.2019 (part of last word, obituary programme, presented by matthew bannister) 

“The respected long serving editor of the Jewish Chronicle”

including interview with …

• journalist jenni frazer

LW: Eva Kor

this evening (sunday 14th), 8.31-8.40pm (repeated from 4.03pm friday), on bbc radio 4 

eva mozes kor, b. 31.1.1934, d. 4.7.2019 (part of last word, obituary programme, presented by matthew bannister) 

“Eva Kor, with her twin sister, was the subject of experiments by the Nazi doctor Josef Mengele in Auschwitz. She later publicly forgave her tormentors.”

including interviews with …

• son alex kor

• editor and friend penny tierney

LW: Murray Gell-Mann

this evening (sunday 2nd), 8.30-8.38pm (repeated from 4.02pm friday), on bbc radio 4 

murray gell-mann, b. 15.9.1929, d. 24.5.2019 (part of last word, obituary programme, presented by matthew bannister) 

“Murray Gell-Mann, the American physicist who won the Nobel Prize for his work on the theory of elementary particles. He coined the name ‘quarks’ for the fundamental building blocks of matter.”

including interviews with …

• friend and colleague professor geoffrey west

• science writer graham farmelo

LW: Judith Kerr

this afternoon (friday 24th), 4.10-4.17pm (repeated 8.40pm sunday), on bbc radio 4 

judith kerr obe, b. 14.6.1923, d. 22.5.2019 (part of last word, obituary programme, presented by matthew bannister) 

“Judith Kerr, the author of much-loved children’s books including the Mog series and The Tiger Who Came to Tea.”

including interview with …

• julia eccleshare, director, hay children’s festival

LW: Sydney Brenner

this afternoon (friday 12th), 4.03-4.11pm (repeated 8.33pm sunday), on bbc radio 4 

sydney brenner, b. 13.1.1927, d. 5.4.2019 (part of last word, obituary programme, presented by matthew bannister) 

“Sydney Brenner, the Nobel Prize-winning biologist who worked with Francis Crick to map DNA.”

including interview with …

• professor jonathan hodgkin 

LW: Barbara Low

this evening (sunday 7th), 8.48-8.52pm (repeated from 4.20pm friday), on bbc radio 4 

barbara low, b. 23.3.1920, d. 10.1.2019 (part of last word, obituary programme, presented by matthew bannister) 

“The biochemist Barbara Low, who used X-ray crystallography to identify the structure of penicillin.”

including interview with …

• professor helen berman