Biographical series in which guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.
Radio 4,·609 episodes
Jacqueline Wilson chooses the writer Katherine Mansfield. With Angela Smith as witness.
22 Jan 2008,·30 mins
Roger Graef champions the great comic Groucho Marx.
15 Jan 2008,·30 mins
Richard Sykes champions Sir Howard Florey, a forgotten man in the discovery of penicillin.
08 Jan 2008,·30 mins
Travel writer Redmond O'Hanlon proposes the pioneering naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace.
01 Jan 2008,·30 mins
Quentin Blake nominates illustrator George Cruikshank.
18 Dec 2007,·30 mins
Impressionist Jan Ravens chooses the award-winning actress, Dame Thora Hird.
11 Dec 2007,·30 mins
British General Sir Michael Rose selects 'Father of the American Nation' George Washington
02 Oct 2007,·30 mins
Chef and novelist Prue Leith chooses cookery writer Elizabeth David.
25 Sep 2007,·30 mins
John Motson nominates former Nottingham Forest FC manager Brian Clough.
18 Sep 2007,·30 mins
Blur drummer David Rowntree discusses the life of Lord Denning.
11 Sep 2007,·30 mins
Conceptual artist Michael Craig-Martin talks about avant-garde composer John Cage.
04 Sep 2007,·30 mins
Engineer Alex Moulton and the Earl of Snowdon talk about the life of Alec Issigonis.
28 Aug 2007,·30 mins
Artist and sculptor Maggi Hambling nominates Rembrandt as her choice of a great life.
21 Aug 2007,·30 mins
Northern Ireland politician Lord David Trimble chooses Elvis Presley.
14 Aug 2007,·60 mins
Jude Kelly nominates legendary Edwardian theatre producer Lilian Baylis.
07 Aug 2007,·30 mins
Dr Phil Hammond chooses Nobel Prize-winning playwright, George Bernard Shaw.
29 May 2007,·30 mins
Archaeologist Barry Cunliffe nominates ancient Roman leader Julius Caesar.
22 May 2007,·30 mins
Theatre director, actress and writer Yvonne Brewster nominates poet Claude McKay.
15 May 2007,·30 mins
Fiona Bruce chooses the femme fatale, international spy and exotic dancer, Mata Hari.
08 May 2007,·30 mins
Singer and actress Pauline Black chooses a jazz legend, the singer Billie Holiday.
01 May 2007,·30 mins
Pallab Ghosh explains how Marie Curie achieved fame through her work on radioactivity.
24 Apr 2007,·30 mins
Nick Danziger breaks the programme's rules with comic book adventurer, Tintin.
10 Apr 2007,·30 mins
With Matthew Parris. Phill Jupitus nominates former Clash frontman Joe Strummer.
03 Apr 2007,·30 mins
Ann Widdicombe MP nominates the late pontiff, who agreed with her on women priests.
30 Jan 2007,·30 mins
Anne Fine nominates the author of the report that became the basis for the Welfare State.
23 Jan 2007,·30 mins
Journalist Camilla Wright nominates the war reporter Martha Gellhorn for greatness.
16 Jan 2007,·30 mins
Alan Davies nominates actor Richard Beckinsale who tragically died aged just 31.
09 Jan 2007,·30 mins
Actor Victor Spinetti explains his admiration for director Joan Littlewood.
02 Jan 2007,·30 mins
Scientist and broadcaster Kathy Sykes chooses the iconic physicist, Albert Einstein.
26 Dec 2006,·30 mins
Feminist campaigner Lesley Abdela discusses the extraordinary suffragist leader.
19 Dec 2006,·30 mins
