Great Lives Episodes Episode guide
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Oliver Postgate
Andrew Davenport, creator of In the Night Garden, chooses Oliver Postgate.
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Sylvia Plath
The writer Sylvia Plath, chosen by Lucy Jones.
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Elizabeth Day on Hatshepsut
Famous guests pick someone they love or admire.
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Comedian Stewart Lee on Derek Bailey
Stewart Lee chooses guitarist Derek Bailey.
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Jock Stein, first British football manager to win the European Cup
Famous guests pick someone they love or admire.
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Benjamin Franklin
Famous guests nominate lives they love or admire - today Benjamin Franklin.
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Miles Jupp on JL Carr, author of A Month in the Country
Famous guests pick a life they love or admire.
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Helen Castor on Richard II
Helen Castor picks Richard II, deposed king of England.
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DJ Deb Grant on John Prine
DJ Deb Grant picks US mailman turned country-folk singer John Prine.
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Sir Seretse Khama, first president of Botswana
Notable guests pick a great life they admire.
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Emily Williamson, co-founder of the RSPB
Notable guests pick someone who has inspired their lives.
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Tina Turner
Famous guests pick someone they are passionate about
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Raymond Blanc on Professor Nicholas Kurti
Raymond Blanc chooses physicist Nicholas Kurti.
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Dervla Murphy, author of the classic Full Tilt
Famous guests pick someone who has inspired their lives
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Ned Ludd mythical leader of the Luddites
Famous guests pick someone who has inspired their lives
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Richey Edwards of The Manic Street Preachers
Guests pick great lives they admire or are passionate about.
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Benny Hill
Benny Hill is this week's surprising selection for Great Lives.
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Maggi Hambling picks muse and lover Henrietta Moraes
Artist Maggi Hambling picks her muse.
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Mark Billingham chooses George Harrison
Crime writer Mark Billingham nominates the musician, singer and songwriter George Harrison
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Ellen E Jones nominates Florynce Kennedy
Film journalist Ellen E Jones nominates the flamboyant American activist Florynce Kennedy
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A N Wilson selects Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe picked by writer A N Wilson.
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Jessica Fostekew on Boudica
Comedian Jessica Fostekew nominates the ancient English warrior queen, Boudica.
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Reginald D Hunter selects Eugene V Debs
Five time socialist presidential candidate Eugene Victor Debs picked by Reginald D Hunter.
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Pen Hadow nominates Sir Peter Scott
Conservationist Peter Scott, founder of Slimbridge, is picked by Pen Hadow.
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Lauren Cuthbertson on Margot Fonteyn
The Royal Ballet's Lauren Cuthbertson on quintessential British ballerina Margot Fonteyn.
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Dr Hannah Critchlow picks Professor Colin Blakemore
Dr Hannah Critchlow selects the neurobiologist Professor Colin Blakemore.
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Doug Allan on Captain Jacques Cousteau
Wildlife cameraman Doug Allan nominates oceanographer and explorer Jacques Cousteau.
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Ekow Eshun on the first openly gay footballer, Justin Fashanu
Biography show where famous guests pick someone they admire or love.
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Anneka Rice picks the largely forgotten Jane Morris, muse to Rossetti and wife of William Morris
Anneka Rice picks Jane Morris, wife of William Morris and muse to Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
