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Great Lives

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

Radio 4,·564 episodes

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• Ekow Eshun on the first openly gay footballer, Justin FashanuBiography show where famous guests pick someone they admire or love.28 mins23 Sep 2024

• Anneka Rice picks the largely forgotten Jane Morris, muse to Rossetti and wife of William MorrisAnneka Rice picks Jane Morris, wife of William Morris and muse to Dante Gabriel Rossetti.28 mins16 Sep 2024

• Jo Brand picks American blues singer Bessie SmithThe biography show where famous guests pick someone they admire or love.28 mins09 Sep 2024

• The surgeon Henry Marsh picks 'the saviour of mothers' Dr SemmelweisBiography show where famous guests pick someone from history they admire or love.28 mins02 Sep 2024

• The Roman Emperor NeroBiographical series in which guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.28 mins26 Aug 2024

• Film director Julien Temple on Elizabethan bad boy Christopher MarloweBiographical show in which famous guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.28 mins19 Aug 2024

• Zing Tsjeng on Swedish painter Hilma af KlintBiography series in which famous guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.28 mins12 Aug 2024

• Miriam Margolyes on Charles DickensThe great Miriam Margolyes chooses her hero, Charles Dickens28 mins05 Aug 2024

• Mary Portas on Anita RoddickMary Portas chooses the founder of The Body Shop Dame Anita Roddick as her Great Life.28 mins27 May 2024

• Harriet Harman on Maria CallasHarriet Harman nominates opera star Maria Callas.28 mins20 May 2024

• Lady Rachel MacRobert, chosen by Hayaatun SillemDr Hayaatun Sillem chooses the extraordinary life of Lady Rachel MacRobert.28 mins13 May 2024

• Queen EmmaAlice Roberts chooses the wife of two kings - Aethelred and Canute.28 mins06 May 2024

• James Dyson on Frank WhittleJames Dyson chooses the inventor of the jet engine, Frank Whittle.28 mins29 Apr 2024

• Katherine Rundell on E NesbitWriter Katherine Rundell nominates fellow children's author E Nesbit.28 mins22 Apr 2024

• Antoni GaudiAntoni Gaudi, nominated by Baroness Ros Altmann.28 mins15 Apr 2024

• Sir Bruce ForsythSir Bruce Forsyth, nominated by the political writer and broadcaster Steve Richards28 mins08 Apr 2024

• Harry Enfield on Gerard HoffnungComedian Harry Enfield chooses the cartoonist, musician and raconteur Gerard Hoffnung.28 mins01 Apr 2024

• Alan Freeman picked by Simon MayoSimon Mayo picks his broadcasting hero, Pick of the Pops's Alan 'Fluff' Freeman.28 mins23 Jan 2024

• Actor Niamh Cusack on the life of poet Mary OliverActor Niamh Cusack chooses the American poet Mary Oliver.28 mins16 Jan 2024

• Mr Motivator picks Harry BelafonteMr Motivator chooses the King of Calypso, whose hits include Day-O and Jump in the Line.28 mins09 Jan 2024

• Jimmy Wales on Thomas JeffersonThe founder of Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales, picks the third president of the United States.28 mins02 Jan 2024

• Eartha Kitt proposed by Faye TozerFaye Tozer from Steps nominates a singer and dancer with a trademark growl.28 mins26 Dec 2023

• John Gray on JG BallardPhilosopher John Gray chooses the iconic futuristic writer JG Ballard.28 mins19 Dec 2023

• Iszi Lawrence on Diana Barnato WalkerIszi Lawrence chooses record-breaking aviator Diana Barnato Walker.28 mins12 Dec 2023

• Mohammad Mossadegh, PM of Iran ousted in a coupMohammad Mossadegh was toppled in a coup in Iran in 1953.28 mins05 Dec 2023

• Ken Loach on Gerrard WinstanleyKen Loach on Gerrard Winstanley.28 mins26 Sep 2023

• Chi-chi Nwanoku on Jessye NormanChi-chi Nwanoku picks the American singer Jessye Norman who became a global star of opera.28 mins19 Sep 2023

• Lady Eve BalfourLady Eve Balfour was a pioneering organic farmer and founder of the Soil Association.28 mins12 Sep 2023

• Ninette de Valois‘The Godmother of English ballet’, Dame Ninette De Valois28 mins05 Sep 2023

• Ludwig KochChris Watson on Ludwig Koch28 mins29 Aug 2023

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