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Historian Dominic Sandbrook discusses the life of Richard Nixon.
Greek poet Sappho - intellectual or vamp?
John Lennon is the life nominated by writer John Harris. Matthew Parris presents.
Viv Anderson champions the life of Arthur Wharton, the first black professional footballer
Physicist Brian Cox reveals how Carl Sagan's Cosmos TV show changed his life.
Sarah Hogg chooses as her champion Lady Charlotte Guest.
Sir Stuart Rose discusses the life of the cartographer who mapped Australia.
TV producer John Lloyd discusses the life of American architect Richard Buckminster Fuller
Peter White discusses the controversial England cricket captain Douglas Jardine.
Human rights lawyer Clive Stafford Smith discusses Robin Hood.
Playwright John Godber discusses the life of German writer Bertolt Brecht.
Professor Richard Dawkins discusses the evolutionary theorist Bill Hamilton.
John Williams discusses the life of Paraguayan guitarist Agustin Barrios Mangore.
Photographer David Bailey discusses the life and work of Pablo Picasso.
Jenny Agutter champions the life and work of pioneering Austrian physicist Lise Meitner.
Christopher Biggins champions the life of the Roman Emperor Nero.
Munira Mirza discusses the life of the influential political philosopher Hannah Arendt.
Neil Innes discusses the life of his colleague and friend Vivian Stanshall.
Stand-up comedian Rich Hall discusses the life of playwright Tennessee Williams.
Sir Ranulph Fiennes discusses the life of Henry V and tries to separate fact from myth.
John Major discusses the life of Rudyard Kipling, poet to the British Empire.
Paul Daniels explores the life of Harry Houdini, with help from biographer William Kalush.
Kate Humble discusses the South African singer and anti-apartheid activist, Miriam Makeba.
Politician Boris Johnson chooses the creator of the English dictionary, Dr Samuel Johnson.
Rolf Harris discusses the life of the Welsh painter Sir Kyffin Williams.
Travel writer Dervla Murphy discusses the life of another woman traveller, Freya Stark.
George Galloway chooses British poet and political activist John Cornford.
David Miliband discusses the life of Joe Slovo, a leading member of the ANC.
Andrew Motion champions the life of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Poet Laureate for over 40 years
Journalist Misha Glenny re the life of anti-Mafia campaigner Giovanni Falcone.
