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Bruce Tulloh, Emma Smith, Professor Peter Waddington, Dowager Countess of Harewood, Ronald Chesney
Matthew Bannister on a runner, an author, a sociologist, a Countess and a comedy writer.

Lord Martin of Springburn, Gustav Born, Valerie Riches, Caroline Brown, Michael Anderson
Matthew Bannister on an MP, a musician, a campaigner, a pharmacologist and a film director

Avicii (Tim Bergling), Ruth Nussenzweig, Anita Shreve, Guy Playfair, Bob Bura
Matthew Bannister on a DJ, a medical researcher, a novelist, a ghost hunter, an animator.

Barbara Bush, Milos Forman, Dame Daphne Sheldrick, Livia Gollancz, Dale Winton
Matthew Bannister on a First Lady, a director, a conservationist, a publisher, a presenter

Gillian Ayres, EfraÃn RÃos Montt, David Cobham, Nikki Sievwright, Fergus Anckorn
Matthew Bannister on an artist, a dictator, a naturalist, a model and a magician.

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Drue Heinz DBE, Ray Wilkins MBE, Eric Bristow, Steven Bochco
Matthew Bannister on a campaigner, a philanthropist, a footballer, a darts player.

Charles P Lazarus, Marielle Franco, John Brookes, Zena Skinner, Oskar Groning
Obituary series, analysing and celebrating the lives of people who have recently died.

Brenda Dean, William McAlpine, Keith O'Brien, Katie Boyle, Garech Browne
Matthew Bannister on a union leader, a businessman, a cardinal, a presenter, a folklorist.

Professor Stephen Hawking, Hubert de Givenchy, Michele Hanson, Sir John Sulston, Sir Ken Dodd
Matthew Bannister on a cosmologist, a designer, a columnist, a biologist and a comedian.

Trevor Baylis, Lerone Bennett Jr, Penny Vincenzi, Ian Aitken, Sir Roger Bannister
Matthew Bannister on an inventor, a historian, a novelist, a columnist and a runner.