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The A-Z of Dr Johnson

Matthew Parris presents the biographical series in which his guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.

Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, nominates Samuel Johnson, writer of the great dictionary. Dr Johnson's biographer, Peter Martin, joins the discussion.

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Great Lives

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