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Helena Morrissey on Rachael Heyhoe Flint

City boss Helena Morrissey champions the life of Rachael Heyhoe Flint as her great life.

• 30 mins

Agustin Barrios Mangore

John Williams discusses the life of Paraguayan guitarist Agustin Barrios Mangore.

• 30 mins

Will Gregory on Flann O'Brien

Goldfrapp's Will Gregory takes the stage to nominate Irish writer Flann O'Brien.

• 30 mins

Cornelia Parker on Marcel Duchamp

Marcel Duchamp, father of conceptual art, is fellow artist Cornelia Parker's great life.

• 30 mins

Louise Richardson on Daniel O'Connell

Louise Richardson nominates Daniel O'Connell, hero of Catholic emancipation in 1829.

• 30 mins

Nazir Afzal on Gandhi

Nazir Afzal chooses Mahatma Gandhi as his great life.

• 30 mins

Hertha Ayrton

Helen Arney, scientist and geek songstress, nominates pioneer physicist Hertha Ayrton.

• 30 mins

Gisela Stuart on Joseph Chamberlain

Gisela Stuart nominates Joseph Chamberlain as her great life.

• 30 mins

Justin Marozzi on Herodotus

Herodotus - father of history or father of lies? Matthew Parris presents.

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Liza Tarbuck on Nikola Tesla

Liza Tarbuck nominates Nikola Tesla as her great life. Matthew Parris presents.

• 30 mins

Jim Moir on Captain Beefheart

Jim Moir, aka Vic Reeves, chooses the life of Don van Vliet - Captain Beefheart.

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Ayesha Hazarika on Jayaben Desai

Ayesha Hazarika champions her hero Jayaben Desai who led the Grunwick strike in 1976.

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Adrian Utley of Portishead on Miles Davis

Miles Davis chosen by Adrian Utley of Portishead.

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Laura Serrant on Audre Lorde

Laura Serrant chooses the poet and activist Audre Lorde. From 2018.

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Tej Lalvani on Richard Feynman

Tej Lalvani nominates the physicist and bongo playing Richard Feynman as his great life.

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Simon Callow on Orson Welles

Matthew Parris meets the actor Simon Callow to discuss the life of Orson Welles.

• 30 mins

Mica Paris on Josephine Baker

Soul singer Mica Paris tells Matthew Parris why Josephine Baker is her heroine.

• 30 mins

Suzy Klein on Hedy Lamarr

Hedy Lamarr, actress, inventor, and the most beautiful woman in the world.

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Barbara Stocking on Catherine the Great

Catherine the Great is chosen by Dame Barbara Stocking. Matthew Parris presents.

• 30 mins

Hanif Kureishi on David Bowie

Hanif Kureishi nominates his friend David Bowie as his hero.

• 28 mins

Erica Wagner on Roald Amundsen

Matthew Parris on Roald Amundsen, first man to the South Pole.

• 30 mins

Simon Evans on JS Mill

Comedian Simon Evans nominates JS Mill, author of On Liberty.

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Patricia Greene on Bess of Hardwick

Patricia Greene, the actress who plays Jill Archer, nominates Bess of Hardwick as her hero

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Helen Glover on Alison Hargreaves

Olympic rower Helen Glover nominates the mountaineer Alison Hargreaves who died on K2.

• 28 mins

Greg Jenner on Gene Kelly

'Horrible Histories' consultant Greg Jenner on his all time favourite - Gene Kelly.

• 28 mins

Cherie Blair on Dame Rose Heilbron

Cherie Blair chooses her role mode, England's first woman judge, Rose Heilbron

• 30 mins

Mark Carwardine on Douglas Adams

Douglas Adams the author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

• 30 mins

Christina Lamb on Benazir Bhutto

Christina Lamb, author and journalist nominates Benazir Bhutto as her great life.

• 30 mins

Vera Brittain

Baroness Shirley Williams discusses her mother, the feminist and pacifist Vera Brittain.

• 30 mins

Samira Ahmed on Laura Ingalls Wilder

Laura Ingalls Wilder: author Tracy Chevalier joins Samira Ahmed

• 28 mins