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Great Lives Episodes

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    Iain Lee on Andy Kaufman

    Cult legend Andy Kaufman chosen by Iain Lee as his great life.

  2. Peter Williams of Jack Wills chooses Steve Jobs

    Peter Williams of Jack Wills champions the abrasive Steve Jobs, founder of Apple.

  3. Sue Cameron on Emma of Normandy

    Twice queen of England and mother of two kings, but have you heard of Emma of Normandy?

  4. Steven Knight on Sitting Bull

    Steven Knight, creator of 鈥楶eaky Blinders鈥�, nominates Sitting Bull.

  5. Peaches Golding on Shirley Chisholm

    Peaches Golding OBE, nominates African American politician Shirley Chisholm.

  6. Anton Du Beke on Arnold Palmer

    Anton Du Beke chooses the golfer Arnold Palmer to discuss with Matthew Parris.

  7. Ermonela Jaho on Mother Teresa

    The Albanian opera singer Ermonela Jaho chooses the life of Mother Teresa of Calcutta.

  8. Germaine Greer on Dame Elizabeth Frink

    Germaine Greer nominates sculptor Dame Elizabeth Frink. Presented by Matthew Parris.

  9. Gary Kemp on EW Godwin

    Gary Kemp of Spandau Ballet chooses architect-designer, Edward William Godwin.

  10. Chris Patten on Pope John XXIII

    Chris Patten nominates Pope John XXIII. With Professor Eamon Duffy and Matthew Parris.

  11. Len Goodman on Lionel Bart

    Len Goodman champions Lionel Bart, the man who created the musical Oliver, as his hero.

  12. Akram Khan on Srinivasa Ramanujan

    One of the UK's leading choreographers nominates the Indian mathematician Ramanujan.

  13. Suzannah Lipscomb on CS Lewis

    CS Lewis, author of the Narnia Chronicles, chosen by historian Suzannah Lipscomb.

  14. Ruth Holdaway on Helen Rollason

    Ruth Holdaway picks the sports broadcaster Helen Rollason as her great life.

  15. Orlando Murrin on Dinu Lipatti

    Matthew Parris invites Orlando Murrin to discuss the life of Romanian pianist Dinu Lipatti

  16. Sir Ben Kingsley on Elie Wiesel

    Sir Ben Kingsley champions the life of holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel as his great life.

  17. Cary Grant

    Lucy Porter, the comedian and writer, champions Cary Grant as her Great Life

  18. Cyrus Todiwala on Dadabhai Naoroji

    Cyrus Todiwala picks Dadabhai Naoroji who in 1892 became Britain's first Asian MP.

  19. AA Gill on Arthur Neville Chamberlain

    AA Gill nominates Arthur Neville Chamberlain as his great life.

  20. Eliza Carthy on Caroline Norton

    Eliza Carthy chooses Caroline Norton who campaigned for women in the 19th-century.

  21. Maureen Lipman on Dame Cicely Saunders

    Maureen Lipman champions the life of hospice campaigner Dame Cicely Saunders.

  22. Tony Hawks on Marshall Rosenberg

    The life of the creator of nonviolent communication Marshall Rosenber, with Matthew Parris

  23. Dag Hammarskjold

    Matthew Parris on the life and death of Dag Hammarskjold

  24. Sara Pascoe on Virginia Woolf

    Sara Pascoe champions Virginia Woolf, author of 'Mrs Dalloway' and 'A Room of One's Own'.

  25. Alex Salmond on Thomas Muir

    Alex Salmond chooses Thomas Muir, whom he describes as the father of Scottish democracy.

  26. Hilary Devey on Gracie Fields

    The life of Dame Gracie Fields is championed by Hilary Devey. From 2016.

  27. Frank Turner on Joseph Grimaldi

    Frank Turner chooses Joseph Grimaldi who changed the face of Clowning forever.

  28. George Fox

    George Fox, founder of the Quakers, nominated by Ann Limb

  29. Charles Moore on Gordon Hamilton-Fairley

    Cancer pioneer Gordon Hamilton-Fairley, killed by an IRA bomb when he was just 45.

  30. Richard the Lionheart

    Timmy Mallett chooses Richard the Lionheart. With Helen Castor and Matthew Parris.

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