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Great Lives Episodes

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    Sir Seretse Khama, first president of Botswana

    Notable guests pick a great life they ire.

  3. Emily Williamson, co-founder of the RSPB

    Notable guests pick someone who has inspired their lives.

  4. Tina Turner

    Famous guests pick someone they are ionate about

  5. Raymond Blanc on Professor Nicholas Kurti

    Raymond Blanc chooses physicist Nicholas Kurti.

  6. Dervla Murphy, author of the classic Full Tilt

    Famous guests pick someone who has inspired their lives

  7. Ned Ludd mythical leader of the Luddites

    Famous guests pick someone who has inspired their lives

  8. Richey Edwards of The Manic Street Preachers

    Guests pick great lives they ire or are ionate about.

  9. Benny Hill

    Benny Hill is this week's surprising selection for Great Lives.

  10. Maggi Hambling picks muse and lover Henrietta Moraes

    Artist Maggi Hambling picks her muse.

  11. Mark Billingham chooses George Harrison

    Crime writer Mark Billingham nominates the musician, singer and songwriter George Harrison

  12. Ellen E Jones nominates Florynce Kennedy

    Film journalist Ellen E Jones nominates the flamboyant American activist Florynce Kennedy

  13. A N Wilson selects Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe picked by writer A N Wilson.

  14. Jessica Fostekew on Boudica

    Comedian Jessica Fostekew nominates the ancient English warrior queen, Boudica.

  15. Reginald D Hunter selects Eugene V Debs

    Five time socialist presidential candidate Eugene Victor Debs picked by Reginald D Hunter.

  16. Pen Hadow nominates Sir Peter Scott

    Conservationist Peter Scott, founder of Slimbridge, is picked by Pen Hadow.

  17. Lauren Cuthbertson on Margot Fonteyn

    The Royal Ballet's Lauren Cuthbertson on quintessential British ballerina Margot Fonteyn.

  18. Dr Hannah Critchlow picks Professor Colin Blakemore

    Dr Hannah Critchlow selects the neurobiologist Professor Colin Blakemore.

  19. Doug Allan on Captain Jacques Cousteau

    Wildlife cameraman Doug Allan nominates oceanographer and explorer Jacques Cousteau.

  20. Ekow Eshun on the first openly gay footballer, Justin Fashanu

    Biography show where famous guests pick someone they ire or love.

  21. 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.

  22. Jo Brand picks American blues singer Bessie Smith

    The biography show where famous guests pick someone they ire or love.

  23. The surgeon Henry Marsh picks 'the saviour of mothers' Dr Semmelweis

    Biography show where famous guests pick someone from history they ire or love.

  24. The Roman Emperor Nero

    Biographical series in which guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.

  25. Film director Julien Temple on Elizabethan bad boy Christopher Marlowe

    Biographical show in which famous guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.

  26. Zing Tsjeng on Swedish painter Hilma af Klint

    Biography series in which famous guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.

  27. Miriam Margolyes on Charles Dickens

    The great Miriam Margolyes chooses her hero, Charles Dickens

  28. Mary Portas on Anita Roddick

    Mary Portas chooses the founder of The Body Shop Dame Anita Roddick as her Great Life.

  29. Harriet Harman on Maria Callas

    Harriet Harman nominates opera star Maria Callas.

  30. Lady Rachel MacRobert, chosen by Hayaatun Sillem

    Dr Hayaatun Sillem chooses the extraordinary life of Lady Rachel MacRobert.

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