Biographical series in which guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.
Actor and broadcaster Liza Tarbuck chooses the extraordinary life of the Serbian-American scientist,
Herodotus - father of history or father of lies? Matthew Parris introduces a sparky discussion about
Helen Arney is a self-confessed science nerd, stand-up entertainer, and once nicknamed a "geek songs
Former Chief Crown Prosecutor for North West England Nazir Afzal was responsible for convicting the
On a field outside Dublin, Daniel O'Connell met and shot a former royal marine in a duel.John d'Este
Marcel Duchamp - the father of conceptual art, and responsible for that famously provocative urinal
Goldfrapp's Will Gregory is centre-stage at the Colston Hall in Bristol to tell Matthew Parris why h
City boss Dame Helena Morrissey champions the life of Rachael Heyhoe Flint, the pioneer of women's c
Constance Markievicz led an amazing life - a leading figure during the Easter Rising of 1916, she wa
Nicholas Stern is IG Patel Professor of Economics and Government at the London School of Economics,
How many people realise the impact Elsie Widdowson had on the way we view nutrition? She was a food
Novelist Tracy Chevalier discusses the life of Mary Anning with Matthew Parris.Mary was a working cl
In 1968 Norman Lewis wrote an article called Genocide in Brazil. The photographs that accompanied it
Actress Maxine Peake nominates her working class hero, Ellen Wilkinson, as a great life. Ellen is re
Stephen Fry nominates his hero PG Wodehouse, a writer who he says simply cheers him up like no one e
Peter Williams - founder of British retail chain, Jack Wills - nominates Steve Jobs as his great lif
There were so many hoaxes in Andy Kaufman's brief career that for years his fans believed that he wa
Twice Queen of England and mother of two kings, but have you heard of Emma of Normandy? Doyenne of W
For Steven Knight, the screen writer and director of ‘Peaky Blinders’ and ‘Taboo’, it was easy to no
American-born Peaches Golding OBE - Bristol's former Lord Lieutenant and first black female High Sh
