麻豆社

The biographical series in which a distinguished guest chooses someone who's inspired their life. Will their hero stand up to intensive scrutiny and merit the description of having led a great life?

Novelist Beryl Bainbridge proposes the explorer Robert Falcon Scott, less for his glorious failures in Antarctica, and more for his hidden romantic side. "His eyes were known to turn from blue to purple when he was amorous," she says. Providing the cooler expert advice is Bob Headland, archivist of the Scott Polar Institute, and the programme is chaired by Humphrey Carpenter.

Producer Miles Warde

First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in April 2003.