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