Biographical series in which guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.
Radio 4,·609 episodes
Joe Boyd shines a spotlight on the career of record producer John H Hammond.
12 Dec 2006,·30 mins
Businessman and academic Adair Turner talks about the life of Charles Darwin.
26 Sep 2006,·30 mins
Joanna Macgregor nominates the chanteuse and civil rights activist Nina Simone.
19 Sep 2006,·30 mins
Former minister Lord John Biffen nominates Conservative Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin.
12 Sep 2006,·30 mins
Elaine Showalter nominates the 19th-century American writer Julia Ward-Howe.
05 Sep 2006,·30 mins
Broadcaster Jeremy Vine chooses the poet, WH Auden.
29 Aug 2006,·30 mins
Civil liberties lawyer Helena Kennedy nominates Eleanor Roosevelt.
22 Aug 2006,·30 mins
Garry Bushell nominates the 'cheeky chappie' who portrayed the voice of the working class
15 Aug 2006,·30 mins
Christopher Hitchens nominates Leon Trotsky, hero of the Russian Revolution.
08 Aug 2006,·30 mins
News presenter Krishnan Guru-Murthy nominates his illustrious predecessor Robin Day.
06 Jun 2006,·30 mins
Piers Morgan nominates WG Grace as the greatest English cricketer of all time.
30 May 2006,·30 mins
Broadcaster and agony aunt Anna Raeburn nominates the ballerina Tamara Karsavina.
23 May 2006,·30 mins
Writer Frances Cairncross nominates the forgotten hero of medicine Ignaz Semmelweis.
16 May 2006,·30 mins
Athlete Duncan Goodhew nominates the athlete-turned-actor Johnny Weissmuller.
09 May 2006,·30 mins
Ivan Massow nominates the great jazz singer, with expert advice from Cleo Laine.
02 May 2006,·30 mins
Matthew Parris presents Craig Brown's nomination of Sigmund Freud.
25 Apr 2006,·30 mins
Matthew Parris presents Julian Clary's nomination of Noel Coward.
18 Apr 2006,·30 mins
Jeff Randall explores the life of the businessman and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.
11 Apr 2006,·30 mins
Penelope Keith champions the achievements of one of the most famous comic duos of all time
04 Apr 2006,·30 mins
Annie Nightingale champions manic-eyed comic Marty Feldman.
03 Feb 2006,·30 mins
Writer and actress Helen Lederer nominates the writer-poet Dorothy Parker.
09 Dec 2005,·30 mins
Adam Hart-Davis selects 'On the Beach' and 'A Town Like Alice' novelist Nevil Shute.
02 Dec 2005,·30 mins
Fiona Reynolds, former director of the National Trust, chooses writer Beatrix Potter
18 Nov 2005,·30 mins
Historian and author Derek Wilson proposes 16th century politician Thomas Cromwell.
11 Nov 2005,·30 mins
Robert Thomson maps the rise and fall of the reforming Chinese premier Zhao Ziyang.
04 Nov 2005,·30 mins
Francine Stock presents a discussion about the Soviet writer Vasily Grossman.
28 Oct 2005,·30 mins
Howard Goodall champions the first black musician to attend the Royal College of Music.
21 Oct 2005,·30 mins
Francine Stock presents a discussion about the Glaswegian psychiatrist R D Laing.
14 Oct 2005,·30 mins
Writer Kathy Lette proposes the blondest bombshell of them all, Mae West.
07 Oct 2005,·30 mins
Francine Stock presents a discussion about the first Duke of Wellington.
03 Jun 2005,·30 mins
