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Janet Ellis on Puffin editor Kaye Webb
Blue Peter's Janet Ellis champions a children's publishing sensation.

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

Brian Cox on Lindsay Anderson
Brian Cox on Lindsay Anderson

Spike Milligan
Comedian and poet Henry Normal picks his comedy hero - Spike Milligan.

Roma Agrawal on Mrinalini Sarabhai
The engineer and author Roma Agrawal on Indian classical dancer Mrinalini Sarabhai.

Lady Hale on Lady Rhondda
Lady Hale on Lady Rhondda.

William Lever, Lord Leverhulme, founder of Unilever
The mighty soap manufacturer, William Lever, chosen by the boss of Iceland

Noor-Un-Nissa Inayat Khan
The muslim princess who became a WW2 Special Agent

Jeanne Baret, first woman to sail round the globe
Nina Sosanya picks Jeanne Baret, first woman round the globe.

Rory Sutherland on Johnny Ramone
The advertising guru Rory Sutherland on the founder of the New York punk band, the Ramones