Biographical series in which guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.
The chanteuse, pianist, composer and civil rights activist Nina Simone is the choice of another fema
Grace Dent nominates Nancy Mitford for her wit, and for the way in which she showed women that it wa
"In defeat, unbeatable; in victory, unbearable" – so said Winston Churchill on this week's Great Liv
Trade unionist Sir Brendan Barber nominates American author, John Steinbeck as his Great Life. Th
TV presenter Konnie Huq chooses the mathematician and daughter of Lord Byron, Ada Lovelace. With Mat
Matthew Parris is joined by actor Peter Bowles who nominates George Devine, groundbreaking artistic
TV journalist and writer Paul Mason talks to Matthew Parris about the 19th Century French anarchist,
The writer Julie Burchill talks to Matthew Parris about the Hollywood star Ava Gardner. They're join
Playwright Tanika Gupta chooses as her Great Life, a man who is a hero to Bengali speakers across th
Poet, playwright, and critic Gabriel Gbadamosi chooses as his Great Life the political maverick and
Astrologer and performer Russell Grant chooses one of the greatest screen legends of cinema's early
Dr Lucy Worsley chooses a figure as familiar as she is unknown, the great champion of Victorian nurs
Edmund de Waal chooses a writer he believes is one of the greatest of the modern age - Primo Levi, a
John Cooper Clarke, poetry's Punk Laureate, nominates Salvador Dali, the surrealist behind melting c
Mumsnet founder Justine Roberts champions the life of Liverpool’s football manager Bill Shankly.In t
Broadcaster Gyles Brandreth nominates Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as his "Great Life". Matthew Parris cha
Dr David Livingstone was the Victorian equivalent of an astronaut - a man who ventured into the int
Chris Tarrant chooses one of the great pioneers of modern radio.He's the man born Maurice Cole in Li
The DJ and broadcaster Bobby Friction champions the Italian physicist and astronomer Galileo Galilei
"I remember seeing him sitting on the bishops' bench, and I went to him and said, George, I believe
