Great Lives Episodes Episode guide
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A N Wilson selects Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe picked by writer A N Wilson.
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Jessica Fostekew on Boudica
Comedian Jessica Fostekew nominates the ancient English warrior queen, Boudica.
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Reginald D Hunter selects Eugene V Debs
Five time socialist presidential candidate Eugene Victor Debs picked by Reginald D Hunter.
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Pen Hadow nominates Sir Peter Scott
Conservationist Peter Scott, founder of Slimbridge, is picked by Pen Hadow.
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Lauren Cuthbertson on Margot Fonteyn
The Royal Ballet's Lauren Cuthbertson on quintessential British ballerina Margot Fonteyn.
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Dr Hannah Critchlow picks Professor Colin Blakemore
Dr Hannah Critchlow selects the neurobiologist Professor Colin Blakemore.
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Doug Allan on Captain Jacques Cousteau
Wildlife cameraman Doug Allan nominates oceanographer and explorer Jacques Cousteau.
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Ekow Eshun on the first openly gay footballer, Justin Fashanu
Biography show where famous guests pick someone they admire or love.
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Anneka Rice picks the largely forgotten Jane Morris, muse to Rossetti and wife of William Morris
Anneka Rice picks Jane Morris, wife of William Morris and muse to Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
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Jo Brand picks American blues singer Bessie Smith
The biography show where famous guests pick someone they admire or love.
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The surgeon Henry Marsh picks 'the saviour of mothers' Dr Semmelweis
Biography show where famous guests pick someone from history they admire or love.
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The Roman Emperor Nero
Biographical series in which guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.
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Film director Julien Temple on Elizabethan bad boy Christopher Marlowe
Biographical show in which famous guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.
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Zing Tsjeng on Swedish painter Hilma af Klint
Biography series in which famous guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.
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Miriam Margolyes on Charles Dickens
The great Miriam Margolyes chooses her hero, Charles Dickens
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Mary Portas on Anita Roddick
Mary Portas chooses the founder of The Body Shop Dame Anita Roddick as her Great Life.
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Harriet Harman on Maria Callas
Harriet Harman nominates opera star Maria Callas.
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Lady Rachel MacRobert, chosen by Hayaatun Sillem
Dr Hayaatun Sillem chooses the extraordinary life of Lady Rachel MacRobert.
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Queen Emma
Alice Roberts chooses the wife of two kings - Aethelred and Canute.
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James Dyson on Frank Whittle
James Dyson chooses the inventor of the jet engine, Frank Whittle.
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Katherine Rundell on E Nesbit
Writer Katherine Rundell nominates fellow children's author E Nesbit.
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Antoni Gaudi
Antoni Gaudi, nominated by Baroness Ros Altmann.
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Sir Bruce Forsyth
Sir Bruce Forsyth, nominated by the political writer and broadcaster Steve Richards
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Harry Enfield on Gerard Hoffnung
Comedian Harry Enfield chooses the cartoonist, musician and raconteur Gerard Hoffnung.
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Alan Freeman picked by Simon Mayo
Simon Mayo picks his broadcasting hero, Pick of the Pops's Alan 'Fluff' Freeman.
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Actor Niamh Cusack on the life of poet Mary Oliver
Actor Niamh Cusack chooses the American poet Mary Oliver.
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Mr Motivator picks Harry Belafonte
Mr Motivator chooses the King of Calypso, whose hits include Day-O and Jump in the Line.
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Jimmy Wales on Thomas Jefferson
The founder of Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales, picks the third president of the United States.
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Eartha Kitt proposed by Faye Tozer
Faye Tozer from Steps nominates a singer and dancer with a trademark growl.
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John Gray on JG Ballard
Philosopher John Gray chooses the iconic futuristic writer JG Ballard.
