Great Lives - Series 21
Matthew Parris presents the biographical series in which his guests choose someone who has inspired their lives
Great Lives - Series 21 - Arthur Wharton
Viv Anderson, the first black footballer to play for England, talks to Matthew Parris about the life of Arthur Wharton, the first black professional player.
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Great Lives - Series 21 - Bertolt Brecht
Playwright John Godber joins Mathew Parris to discuss the life of German writer Bertolt Brecht, with the help of drama specialist Professor Michael Patterson.
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Great Lives - Series 21 - Buckminster Fuller
TV comedy producer John Lloyd selects the maverick American architect Richard Buckminster Fuller, inventor of the geodesic dome, as his choice of a great life.
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Great Lives - Series 21 - Carl Sagan
Physicist Brian Cox tells Matthew Parris about his hero Carl Sagan. As a young boy of 13, Brian watched the Cosmos TV series and was inspired to dedicate his life to science.
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Great Lives - Series 21 - Charlotte Guest
Businesswoman Baroness Sarah Hogg discusses the life of Lady Charlotte Guest, a Victorian polymath whose many achievements included running the largest ironworks in the world.
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Great Lives - Series 21 - Douglas Jardine
Peter White discusses the life of the controversial England cricket captain Douglas Jardine, the man responsible for the infamous 'Bodyline' tactics on the 1932 tour of Australia.
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Great Lives - Series 21 - Matthew Flinders
Sir Stuart Rose discusses the life of the cartographer Matthew Flinders, who mapped Australia 200 years ago. Nigel Rigby of the National Maritime Museum offers the expert's view.
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Great Lives - Series 21 - Robin Hood
Human rights lawyer Clive Stafford Smith nominates Robin Hood. In conversation with medievalist Professor Stephen Knight, he argues that the Robin Hood myth has a lot to teach us.
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