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Brian Cox on Lindsay Anderson

Brian Cox on Lindsay Anderson

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Tom Hopkinson, editor of Picture Post

Donald Macintyre on Tom Hopkinson, editor of Picture Post and Drum.

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Janet Ellis on Puffin editor Kaye Webb

Blue Peter's Janet Ellis champions a children's publishing sensation.

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Lolita Chakrabarti on actor Ira Aldridge

Lolita Chakrabarti on actor Ira Aldridge.

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Gil Scott-Heron

Joe Swift on Gil Scott-Heron

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Mr Manchester Tony Wilson nominated by Terry Christian

Terry Christian from The Word on Tony Wilson of Factory Records and The Hacienda.

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Rob Newman on Franklin D Roosevelt

Comedian Rob Newman nominates one of his heroes, President Franklin D Roosevelt.

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Joan Rhodes, strongest woman in the world

Anna Maxwell Martin proposes Joan Rhodes, variety artiste and strongwoman

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Judy Garland

Ethel Gumm, better known as Judy Garland, picked by Susie Boyt.

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Pat Nevin on Johan Cruyff

Pat Nevin picks Johan Cruyff, the Dutch footballer who changed how the game was played.

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Holly Walsh on BS Johnson

Holly Walsh picks BS Johnson, fiery sixties novelist

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Ravi Shankar, India's famous sitar player

Bobby Seagull picks Ravi Shankar.

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Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw, Educationalist

Sir John Timpson picks Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw.

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Rosalind Franklin picked by Kate Bingham, former head of the UK government's vaccine taskforce

Rosalind Franklin, whose work was central to the discovery of DNA.

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Romy Gill on poet Amrita Pritam

Chef Romy Gill celebrates a poet whose work was heavily influenced by Partition.

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George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood nominated by Lesley Garrett

Soprano Lesley Garrett celebrates the life of George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood

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Astrid Lindgren, creator of Pippi Longstocking

Cressida Cowell on her hero Astrid Lindgren, creator of Pippi Longstocking.

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Bonnie Greer on the Women of the Morant Bay Rebellion

Bonnie Greer nominates the women of the Morant Bay Rebellion in Jamaica.

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Olia Hercules on Alla Horska, Ukrainian painter

Cookbook author and activist Olia Hercules nominates the Ukrainian painter Alla Horska.

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Olivia Laing on Christopher Lloyd, Gardener and Writer

Writer Olivia Laing nominates the gardener and writer Christopher Lloyd.

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Noddy Holder on Chuck Berry

Slade frontman Noddy Holder champions the life of rock 'n' roll pioneer Chuck Berry.

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Bob Harris on Sir Matt Busby, Manchester United manager

Presenter Bob Harris champions Manchester United manager Sir Matt Busby.

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Minette Batters on Henry Plumb

Matthew Parris is joined by the president of the National Farmers' Union, Minette Batters.

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Roger Deakin, wild swimmer and author of Waterlogged

Nick Hayes, author of the Book of Trespass, nominates Roger Deakin.

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Comedian Chris McCausland on Kurt Cobain

Kurt Cobain is nominated by comedian Chris McCausland.

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Adjoa Andoh on Zora Neale Hurston

Bridgerton's Adjoa Andoh chooses the iconic American writer Zora Neale Hurston

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Arthur Ashe

Broadcaster Qasa Alom picks his hero Arthur Ashe.

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Frederick the Great of Prussia

Frederick the Great, the most surprising king of Prussia.

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Matthew Henson, Arctic explorer and pioneer

Matthew Henson, who may have been the first person ever to set foot on the North Pole.

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Frank Zappa

John Robins is obsessed by Frank Zappa - here's why

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