Great Lives - Series 22
Matthew Parris presents the biographical series in which his guests choose someone who has inspired their lives
Great Lives - Series 22 - Golda Meir
Edwina Currie discusses the life of the former Israeli prime minister Golda Meir. Historian Ahron Bregman joins as expert witness.
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Great Lives - Series 22 - John Lennon
Cultural commentator John Harris nominates John Lennon as his Great Life. Matthew Parris asks what Lennon's legacy is 30 years after his death. The expert witness is Barry Miles.
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Great Lives - Series 22 - Mary Carpenter
Matthew Parris is joined by Camila Batmanghelidjh of Kids' Company to discuss the life of her Victorian equivalent, Mary Carpenter. With biographer Carla Contractor.
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Great Lives - Series 22 - Michel de Montaigne
Professor Robert Winston discusses the life of Michel de Montaigne. Writer Sarah Bakewell joins as expert witness.
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Great Lives - Series 22 - Richard Nixon
Historian Dominic Sandbrook discusses the life of Richard Nixon, and calls on Professor Philip Davies of the Eccles Centre for American Studies to round out the picture.
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Great Lives - Series 22 - Sappho
The Greek poet Sappho has been described as everything from a great intellectual to little more than a vamp. Bettany Hughes discusses the life of this enigmatic character.
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Great Lives - Series 22 - Simone Weil
Matthew Parris is joined by Eleanor Bron to discuss the life of the French philosopher and mystic Simone Weil. Welsh poet Grahame Davies offers expert advice.
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Great Lives - Series 22 - Walt Disney
Matthew Parris presents the biographical series. Cartoonist Gerald Scarfe discusses the life of Walt Disney.
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Great Lives - Series 22 - Winston Churchill
Lord Digby Jones discusses the life of Winston Churchill. Historian David Reynolds joins as expert witness.
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