388 Episodes

  1. Kamila Shamsie chooses Asma Jahangir

    Published: 5/28/2019
  2. Shirley Collins on the American song-hunter Alan Lomax

    Published: 5/21/2019
  3. Jeremy Deller on The Beatles' manager Brian Epstein

    Published: 5/15/2019
  4. Caroline Criado-Perez nominates Jane Austen

    Published: 5/7/2019
  5. Conductor and composer Ferruccio Busoni

    Published: 5/1/2019
  6. Malcolm Lowry, writer, nominated by Ian McMillan

    Published: 4/23/2019
  7. Catherine de Medici nominated by Helen Lewis

    Published: 4/18/2019
  8. Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians, chosen by Tom Holland

    Published: 4/16/2019
  9. Shappi Khorsandi on Emma, Lady Hamilton

    Published: 4/2/2019
  10. Matt Lucas on Freddie Mercury

    Published: 1/22/2019
  11. Colin Chapman, creator of Lotus Cars, nominated by Rohan Silva

    Published: 1/15/2019
  12. Oliver Sacks chosen by neurologist Suzanne O'Sullivan

    Published: 1/8/2019
  13. Nikesh Shukla on the undefeated Muslim wrestler the Great Gama

    Published: 1/1/2019
  14. Sathnam Sanghera on Alexander Gardner

    Published: 12/28/2018
  15. Charlie Chaplin - not just funny but a political rebel according to Mark Steel

    Published: 12/25/2018
  16. Tim Smit on Humphrey Jennings, Film Maker

    Published: 12/19/2018
  17. Russell Kane on Evelyn Waugh

    Published: 12/11/2018
  18. Pioneer girl Laura Ingalls Wilder nominated by broadcaster Samira Ahmed

    Published: 12/4/2018
  19. Christina Lamb on Benazir Bhutto

    Published: 9/25/2018
  20. Helen Glover on Alison Hargreaves

    Published: 9/20/2018

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Biographical series in which guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.