Fergal Keane, Doing Death Differently, and Visualisation

Fergal Keane, Doing Death Differently, and Visualisation

From Feedback by BBC Radio 4

May 8, 2026 · 28 min

About this episode

Andrea Catherwood reflects on Fergal Keane's career and discusses changing attitudes towards death with Matthew Bannister.

It's the end of this series of Feedback, and Andrea Catherwood is talking to someone who has just brought his own long run at the BBC to a definitive close. Fergal Keane has covered conflicts and events all over the world as a BBC News correspondent, and now he's stepping away. Andrea asks him for his reflections on bearing witness to many world conflicts for 37 years at the Corporation. And last week we spoke to Jonathan Kanagasooriam, the person in charge of strategy for a new raft of video podcasts from BBC Sounds. You've been in touch with your thoughts about the discussion. Finally, the team behind obituary programme Last Word have recently produced a series about approaching a big fear in a new way. In Doing Death Differently, presenter Matthew Bannister looks at our changing attitudes and approaches to death. Andrea sits down with Matthew to share your views on the series and discuss the different ways we memorialise the departed. Presenter: Andrea Catherwood Producer: Pauline Moore Assistant Producer: Rebecca Guthrie Executive Producer: David Prest A Whistledown Scotland production for BBC Radio 4

People in this episode

Host: Andrea Catherwood

Guest: Fergal Keane

Topics covered

  • journalism
  • death
  • obituaries
  • media
  • conflict
  • reflection

Keywords

  • Fergal Keane
  • BBC
  • death
  • obituaries
  • media strategy
  • conflict reporting
  • Last Word

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BBC, BBC Sounds, Last Word

Books & works: Doing Death Differently

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