Great Lives

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Alan Freeman picked by Simon Mayo BBC Radio 4
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Alan Freeman picked by Simon Mayo

In 1961 Alan 'Fluff' Freeman took over as the host of the BBC Radio's 'Pick of the Pops' and...

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Actor Niamh Cusack on the life of poet Mary Oliver BBC Radio 4
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Actor Niamh Cusack on the life of poet Mary Oliver

The Pulitzer Prize winning poet Mary Oliver died in 2019. She was best known for her poetry that...

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Mr Motivator picks Harry Belafonte BBC Radio 4
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Mr Motivator picks Harry Belafonte

Harry Belafonte became the King of Calypso with hits like 'Day-O' and 'Jump in the Line' but he...

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Jimmy Wales on Thomas Jefferson BBC Radio 4
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Jimmy Wales on Thomas Jefferson

In 1776 Thomas Jefferson penned the Declaration of Independence, kick-starting the movement...

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Eartha Kitt proposed by Faye Tozer BBC Radio 4
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Eartha Kitt proposed by Faye Tozer

Eartha Kitt was born in South Carolina in 1927. She had a tough upbringing but found her talent...

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John Gray on JG Ballard BBC Radio 4
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John Gray on JG Ballard

Philosopher John Gray chooses as his great life the iconic British writer of dystopian and...

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Iszi Lawrence on Diana Barnato Walker BBC Radio 4
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Iszi Lawrence on Diana Barnato Walker

Broadcaster and author Iszi Lawrence chooses the aviator Diana Barnato Walker. Coming from a...

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Mohammad Mossadegh, PM of Iran ousted in a coup BBC Radio 4
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Mohammad Mossadegh, PM of Iran ousted in a coup

Walter Murch picks Mohammad Mossadegh, prime minister following the nationalisation of the...

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Lady Eve Balfour BBC Radio 4
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Lady Eve Balfour

An aristocrat in an eye patch, a jazz saxophonist, a crime novelist and a pioneering organic...

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Ludwig Koch BBC Radio 4
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Ludwig Koch

The award-winning Sound Recordist and Musician, Chris Watson nominates his hero, Ludwig Koch....

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Ken Loach on Gerrard Winstanley BBC Radio 4
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Ken Loach on Gerrard Winstanley

Veteran British film director Ken Loach nominates the 17th century radical pamphleteer and and...

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Chi-chi Nwanoku on Jessye Norman BBC Radio 4
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Chi-chi Nwanoku on Jessye Norman

On the 11th June 1988 Jessye Norman performed a spine-tingling rendition of 'Amazing Grace' to a...

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Ninette de Valois BBC Radio 4
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Ninette de Valois

The Godmother of English - and Irish - ballet, Dame Ninette De Valois or ‘Madam’ as she was known...

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Sophie Scott on Hattie Jacques BBC Radio 4
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Sophie Scott on Hattie Jacques

Born in 1922, Hattie Jacques began her career in music hall before graduating onto the radio...

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Stamford Raffles, founder of Singapore and London Zoo BBC Radio 4
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Stamford Raffles, founder of Singapore and London Zoo

It's a famous name - there's Raffles Hotel and Raffles Hospital, plus the rafflesia, the largest...

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Susie Dent on Thomas Mann BBC Radio 4
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Susie Dent on Thomas Mann

Thomas Mann was a German writer whose books explored themes around family, beauty and the...

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Tony Benn BBC Radio 4
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Tony Benn

"It's the complicated ones I enjoy the most." Matthew Parris Tony Benn, MP from 1950 to 2001,...

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Jon Ronson picks Terry Hall of The Specials BBC Radio 4
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Jon Ronson picks Terry Hall of The Specials

When Jon Ronson was growing up, he went to see The Specials play in Cardiff. "I went on my own to...

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Sir Edward Coke, prosecutor of Guy Fawkes BBC Radio 4
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Sir Edward Coke, prosecutor of Guy Fawkes

Edward Coke was born in Norfolk in 1552. He's best known as a judge and Parliamentarian, the link...

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Kofi Annan BBC Radio 4
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Kofi Annan

In 1997 Kofi Annan became the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations. The nineties were...

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