Great Lives - Series 14
Series of biographical discussions with Matthew Parris
Great Lives - Series 14 - Alfred Russel Wallace
Series of biographical discussions with Matthew Parris. 3/7: Travel writer Redmond O'Hanlon proposes the pioneering naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace.
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Great Lives - Series 14 - Dame Thora Hird
Series of biographical discussions with Matthew Parris. 1/7: Jan Ravens champions Dame Thora Hird. Biographer Morris Bright and Thora's daughter Janette Scott provide assistance.
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Great Lives - Series 14 - George Cruikshank
Series of biographical discussions with Matthew Parris. 2/7: Illustrator Quentin Blake nominates George Cruikshank, who drew the original Fagin and Artful Dodger in Oliver Twist.
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Great Lives - Series 14 - Groucho Marx
Series of biographical discussions with Matthew Parris. 5/7: Roger Graef champions the great comic Groucho Marx.
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Great Lives - Series 14 - Hermann Buhl
Series of biographical discussions with Matthew Parris. 7/7: Mountaineer Joe Simpson takes up the cause of the relatively unknown but pioneering Austrian climber Hermann Buhl.
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Great Lives - Series 14 - Howard Florey
Series of biographical discussions with Matthew Parris. 4/7: Sir Richard Sykes champions Howard Florey, the forgotten man in the story of the discovery of penicillin.
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Great Lives - Series 14 - Katherine Mansfield
Series of biographical discussions with Matthew Parris. 6/7: Children's author Jacqueline Wilson nominates short story writer Katherine Mansfield for greatness.
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