SERIES
Series 15
Series of biographical discussions with Matthew Parris
First Broadcast1 Apr 2008
Latest Broadcast30 May 2008
Episodes9
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Episodes
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Great Lives
Author Colin Dexter nominates scholar and poet AE Housman. With Robert Douglas-Fairhurst.
May 2008
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Great Lives
Writer and comedy star Rhona Cameron champions Charles Bukowski.
Apr 2008
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Great Lives
Nicholas Parsons nominates Edward Lear, now remembered best for his nonsense verse.
May 2008
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Great Lives
Poet Simon Armitage nominates Joy Division singer Ian Curtis.
May 2008
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Great Lives
Arabella Weir nominates Joyce Grenfell. Biographer Janie Hampton assists.
May 2008
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Great Lives
Stirling Moss nominates the great racing driver Juan Manuel Fangio.
Apr 2008
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Great Lives
Former athlete and television commentator Steve Cram nominates Paavo Nurmi.
Apr 2008
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Great Lives
Anna Ford nominates singer, actor and civil rights activist Paul Robeson.
Apr 2008
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Great Lives
Mark Gatiss champions Peter Cushing, a quintessentially English star of stage and screen.
Apr 2008