372 Episodes

  1. Caroline Quentin nominates Sir John Vanbrugh, playwright and architect

    Published: 20/08/2019
  2. Laura Marling on the first woman psychoanalyst, Lou Andreas-Salome

    Published: 13/08/2019
  3. Robinson Crusoe

    Published: 13/08/2019
  4. Ed Balls nominates Herbert Howells

    Published: 12/08/2019
  5. Kamila Shamsie chooses Asma Jahangir

    Published: 28/05/2019
  6. Shirley Collins on the American song-hunter Alan Lomax

    Published: 21/05/2019
  7. Jeremy Deller on The Beatles' manager Brian Epstein

    Published: 15/05/2019
  8. Caroline Criado-Perez nominates Jane Austen

    Published: 7/05/2019
  9. Conductor and composer Ferruccio Busoni

    Published: 1/05/2019
  10. Malcolm Lowry, writer, nominated by Ian McMillan

    Published: 23/04/2019
  11. Catherine de Medici nominated by Helen Lewis

    Published: 18/04/2019
  12. Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians, chosen by Tom Holland

    Published: 16/04/2019
  13. Shappi Khorsandi on Emma, Lady Hamilton

    Published: 2/04/2019
  14. Matt Lucas on Freddie Mercury

    Published: 22/01/2019
  15. Colin Chapman, creator of Lotus Cars, nominated by Rohan Silva

    Published: 15/01/2019
  16. Oliver Sacks chosen by neurologist Suzanne O'Sullivan

    Published: 8/01/2019
  17. Nikesh Shukla on the undefeated Muslim wrestler the Great Gama

    Published: 1/01/2019
  18. Sathnam Sanghera on Alexander Gardner

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

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

    Published: 19/12/2018

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