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Vasily Grossman
Francine Stock presents a discussion about the Soviet writer Vasily Grossman.

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Howard Goodall champions the first black musician to attend the Royal College of Music.

R D Laing
Francine Stock presents a discussion about the Glaswegian psychiatrist R D Laing.

Mae West
Writer Kathy Lette proposes the blondest bombshell of them all, Mae West.

Duke of Wellington
Francine Stock presents a discussion about the first Duke of Wellington.

Ronald Reagan
Lord Powell nominates former US President Ronald Reagan.

Ronald Reagan
Lord Powell nominates Ronald Reagan for great life status.

Elizabeth Gaskell
Amanda Vickery and Jenny Uglow discuss the life of the Elizabeth Gaskell.

John D Rockefeller
Martin Smith, the Chairman of English National Opera proposes John D Rockefeller.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Francine Stock presents the biographical details of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's great life.