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Some of the most memorable lives of the past twelve months

A scientist, a diver, a marchioness and a singer - memorable lives from 2015 are recalled.

• 28 mins

Eric Tomlinson, Elsie Tu, Peter Dickinson, Lillian Vernon and Lemmy

Julian Worricker on a sound engineer, a campaigner, a writer, a businesswoman, a musician.

• 28 mins

Robert Stigwood, Patricia Torrens, Pierre Boulez, Lord Ezra, Natalie Cole

Obituary series, analysing and celebrating the lives of people who have recently died.

• 28 mins

David Bowie, Alan Rickman, Olwyn Hughes and Ed Stewart

Matthew Bannister on a rock star, an actor, a literary agent, a DJ

• 28 mins

Glenn Frey, Lord Weidenfeld, Jeanne Cordova, Haskell Wexler, Gilbert Kaplan.

Matthew Bannister on a rock star, a publisher, a lesbian campaigner, a cinematographer.

• 28 mins

Lord Parkinson, Bill Mitchell, Paddy Doherty, Henry Worsley, Dr Gladys-Marie Fry

Matthew Bannister on a politician, an editor, an activist, an explorer, a folklorist

• 30 mins

Terry Wogan, Lord Lucan, Frank Finlay, Denise St Aubyn Hubbard, Maurice White

Matthew Bannister on a broadcaster, an earl, an actor, a sailor, a musician

• 28 mins

Marvin Minsky, Margaret Forster, Peter Powell, Sir Brian Tovey, Joe Alaskey

Matthew Bannister on a computer scientist, a writer, a kite inventor, a GCHQ director

• 28 mins

Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Edmonde Charles-Roux, Norman Hudis, Antonin Scalia, Harper Lee

Matthew Bannister on a UN Secretary General, an editor, a screenwriter, a judge

• 28 mins

Alex Timpson, Lord Avebury, Douglas Slocombe, Umberto Eco, Pascal Bentoiu

Matthew Bannister on a foster mother, a cinematographer, an author and a parliamentarian.

• 28 mins

Tony Warren, Louise Rennison, Lord Chorley, George Kennedy, John Chilton

Reeta Chakrabarti on a TV writer, an author, a conservationist, an actor and a musician

• 28 mins

George Martin, Nancy Reagan, Ray Tomlinson, Gillian Avery

Reeta Chakrabarti on a music producer, a US first lady, an internet pioneer and an author.

• 28 mins

Paul Daniels, Anita Brookner, Sylvia Anderson, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Cliff Michelmore

Matthew Bannister on a broadcaster, a producer, a composer, an author and a magician.

• 28 mins

Vlasta Dalibor, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Dr Robert Acland, Asa Briggs, Barry Hines, Johan Cruyff

Julian Worricker on a conductor, surgeon, puppeteer, writer, footballer and a historian.

• 28 mins

Dame Zaha Hadid, Ronnie Corbett, General Meir Dagan, Joan Loraine, Gary Shandling

Matthew Bannister on an architect, two comedians, a Mossad chief, a gardener.

• 28 mins

Mother Angelica, Hans-Dietrich Genscher, DJ Derek, Doreen Massey and Joe Medicine Crow

Matthew Bannister on a nun, a German politician, a DJ, a geographer, a native American.

• 28 mins

Arnold Wesker, Howard Marks, Peggy Fortnum, Merle Haggard and Rachel Johnson

Matthew Bannister on a playwright, a drug smuggler, an illustrator and a country singer.

• 28 mins

Prince, Ray Fitzwalter, Victoria Wood, June Jolly, Phil Sayer

Matthew Bannister on a rock star, an editor, a comedian, a nurse and an announcer.

• 28 mins

Lord Peston, Ruth Prideaux, Patricio Aylwin, Professor Sir David Mackay, Gareth Thomas

Matthew Bannister on an economist, a cricketer, a Chilean President, a physicist, an actor

• 28 mins

Reverend Daniel Berrigan, Lord Walton of Detchant, Jenny Diski, Guy Woolfenden

Matthew Bannister on a peace campaigner, an author, a neurologist and a composer.

• 28 mins

Gareth Gwenlan, Sir Harry Kroto, Michael 'Dandy Kim' Caborn-Waterfield, Lilly Dubowitz, Papa Wemba

Matthew Bannister on a TV producer, a chemist, a wheeler dealer, a paediatrician, a singer

• 28 mins

Professor Robert McNeill Alexander, Reg Grundy, Sally Brampton, Tony Cozier, Madeleine LeBeau

Matthew Bannister on a zoologist, a TV producer, an editor, a cricket commentator.

• 28 mins

Burt Kwouk, Michael Ratner, Sarah Corp, Mullah Akhtar Mansour, Jock Scot

Matthew Bannister on an actor, a lawyer, a TV producer, a Taliban leader, a punk poet.

• 28 mins

Carla Lane, Sir Denys Henderson, Jane Fawcett, Alan Devereux and Buster Cooper

Matthew Bannister on a comedy writer, a businessman, a conservationist, an actor.

• 28 mins

Sir Peter Shaffer, Sir Denys Wilkinson, Peggy Spencer and Muhammad Ali

Julian Worricker on a playwright, a physicist, a dancer and a boxer.

• 28 mins

Jo Cox MP, Dave Swarbrick, Viktor Korchnoi, Wendy Leigh

Reeta Chakrabarti on an MP, a musician, a chess player and a writer.

• 28 mins

Dr Sylvia Meek, Sam King MBE, Chips Moman, Ethel Bush GM, Harry Rabinowitz

Matthew Bannister on a parasitologist, a conductor, a police officer, a mayor, a producer.

• 28 mins

Amjad Sabri, Lorna Kelly, Jerome Bruner, Bob Holman, Scotty Moore

Matthew Bannister on a singer, an auctioneer, a psychologist, a campaigner, a guitarist.

• 28 mins

Caroline Aherne, Elie Wiesel, Sir Geoffrey Hill, Lord Mayhew, Michael Cimino

Matthew Bannister on a comedian, a holocaust survivor, a poet, a politician, a director.

• 28 mins

Sydney Schanberg, Beatrice de Cardi, Lord Evans of Temple Guiting, Alvin Toffler, Jimmy Gilbert

Matthew Bannister on a journalist, an archaeologist, a publisher, a futurist, a producer.

• 28 mins