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  1. Episode 5

    5/5 When William Blake died in 1827 he was 'already a forgotten man'. How was he resurrected?

  2. Episode 4

    4/5 How an account of somebody's death can be used to recast the whole of their preceding life

  3. Episode 3

    3/5 Richard Holmes contemplates the ways in which the art of biography can be taught.

  4. Episode 2

    2/5 Richard Holmes examines the often ignored lives of women in the early history of science.

  5. Episode 1

    1/5 A meditation on the art of biography from one of the masters of the genre, Richard Holmes.