Jim Moir on Captain Beefheart
Comedian, actor and artist Jim Moir aka Vic Reeves chooses the life of Don van Vliet.He was the Dadesque musician and painter Captain Beefheart who has continued to influence many musicians since the ...
3 Apr 201829min
Gisela Stuart on Joseph Chamberlain
Gisela Stuart, former MP for Birmingham Edgbaston champions Joseph Chamberlain to be nominated as her great life.But can she really make the case for this former industrialist who made it to the cabin...
25 Jan 201827min
Liza Tarbuck on Nikola Tesla
Actor and broadcaster Liza Tarbuck chooses the extraordinary life of the Serbian-American scientist, Nikola Tesla.Nikola founded the Tesla Electric Light Company and was responsible for the introducti...
23 Jan 201827min
Justin Marozzi on Herodotus
Herodotus - father of history or father of lies? Matthew Parris introduces a sparky discussion about a writer whose achievements include a nine book account of a war between east and west - the Persia...
16 Jan 201828min
Hertha Ayrton
Helen Arney is a self-confessed science nerd, stand-up entertainer, and once nicknamed a "geek songstress". Matthew Parris discovers why she's chosen Hertha Ayrton (1854-1923), the pioneering Victoria...
2 Jan 201827min
Nazir Afzal on Gandhi
Former Chief Crown Prosecutor for North West England Nazir Afzal was responsible for convicting the men who sexually abused young girls in Rochdale.Matthew Parris invites him to nominate a great life....
2 Jan 201827min
Louise Richardson on Daniel O'Connell
On a field outside Dublin, Daniel O'Connell met and shot a former royal marine in a duel.John d'Esterre had been outraged when O'Connell, the later hero of Catholic emancipation, described the mainly ...
19 Des 201728min
Cornelia Parker on Marcel Duchamp
Marcel Duchamp - the father of conceptual art, and responsible for that famously provocative urinal signed 'R Mutt, 1917' - is the great life choice of fellow artist Cornelia Parker.She explains to ...
12 Des 201727min
