372 Episodes

  1. Jeanne Baret, first woman to sail round the globe

    Published: 21/12/2021
  2. Rory Sutherland on Johnny Ramone

    Published: 14/12/2021
  3. JRR Tolkien, creator of The Hobbit

    Published: 7/12/2021
  4. Ruth Rogers on James Baldwin

    Published: 28/09/2021
  5. Yanis Varoufakis on Hypatia

    Published: 21/09/2021
  6. Dorothy Byrne on Catherine of Siena

    Published: 14/09/2021
  7. Peggy Seeger on her husband Ewan MacColl

    Published: 7/09/2021
  8. Josiah Wedgwood, master potter

    Published: 1/09/2021
  9. Frantz Fanon

    Published: 24/08/2021
  10. Althea Gibson

    Published: 17/08/2021
  11. Yehudi Menuhin

    Published: 10/08/2021
  12. Hans Christian Andersen

    Published: 3/08/2021
  13. The Surprise Lives

    Published: 3/06/2021
  14. Rosie Millard on Edward III

    Published: 25/05/2021
  15. Ben Miller on William Hazlitt

    Published: 18/05/2021
  16. Arlo Parks on Elliott Smith

    Published: 12/05/2021
  17. Jonathan Dimbleby on Harry Hopkins

    Published: 6/05/2021
  18. KT Tunstall on Ivor Cutler

    Published: 27/04/2021
  19. Black and British pioneer Kenny Lynch

    Published: 20/04/2021
  20. Chinua Achebe, Nigerian novelist

    Published: 15/04/2021

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

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