Biographical series in which guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.
Hannah Rothschild champions the life of the jazz musician Thelonious Monk. Brilliant, eccentric and
Sir Richard Francis Burton was an explorer, adventurer, soldier, author, poet, sexologist and transl
George Washington Williams was an incredibly early, mould-breaking, self-made black intellectual who
Matthew Parris meets the former leader of the Conservative Party Michael Howard to discuss the life
Matthew Parris's guest is Vicky Pryce, the Greek born economist, who attracted media headlines on he
On May 29 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of Everest. Both men immediatel
Val McDermid thinks crime writing is most definitely a suitable job for a woman. She believes women
Matthew Parris hears why David Blunkett has chosen Louis Braille, the 18th century French boy who bl
Matthew Parris meets the American Ambassador Matthew Barzun whose choice of great life is his wartim
Marlon Brando - greatest actor of the 20th century? Film critic Antonia Quirke definitely thinks he
"John Clare, I cried last night for you" wrote Wendy Cope in a poem dedicated to the earlier poet, w
Matthew Parris's guest is Dame Helen Ghosh, Director General of the National Trust, who chooses as h
Comedian and actor Kulvinder Ghir nominates the life of the artist Zoran Music. Matthew Parris finds
Rachel Johnson author and journalist champions the life of Ottoline Morrell. The Bloomsbury hostess,
The veteran broadcaster Sir Trevor McDonald chooses the life of Learie Constantine, the Trinidadian
Mervyn King, former Governor of the Bank of England tells Matthew Parris why the life of the Prime M
Former newspaper editor and writer Eve Pollard tells Matthew Parris why Nora Ephron, the screenwrite
Michael Dobbs champions the life of Guy Burgess - journalist, diplomat and spy. Between 1935 and 195
When Philippa Langley and other members of the Richard III Society helped to discover the body of th
Writer Roald Dahl is well known as the author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Fantastic Mr Fox
