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Barbara Stocking on Catherine the Great

Catherine the Great is chosen by Dame Barbara Stocking. Matthew Parris presents.

• 30 mins

Hanif Kureishi on David Bowie

Hanif Kureishi nominates his friend David Bowie as his hero.

• 28 mins

Erica Wagner on Roald Amundsen

Matthew Parris on Roald Amundsen, first man to the South Pole.

• 30 mins

Simon Evans on JS Mill

Comedian Simon Evans nominates JS Mill, author of On Liberty.

• 28 mins

Patricia Greene on Bess of Hardwick

Patricia Greene, the actress who plays Jill Archer, nominates Bess of Hardwick as her hero

• 28 mins

Helen Glover on Alison Hargreaves

Olympic rower Helen Glover nominates the mountaineer Alison Hargreaves who died on K2.

• 28 mins

Greg Jenner on Gene Kelly

'Horrible Histories' consultant Greg Jenner on his all time favourite - Gene Kelly.

• 28 mins

Cherie Blair on Dame Rose Heilbron

Cherie Blair chooses her role mode, England's first woman judge, Rose Heilbron

• 30 mins

Mark Carwardine on Douglas Adams

Douglas Adams the author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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Christina Lamb on Benazir Bhutto

Christina Lamb, author and journalist nominates Benazir Bhutto as her great life.

• 30 mins

Vera Brittain

Baroness Shirley Williams discusses her mother, the feminist and pacifist Vera Brittain.

• 30 mins

Samira Ahmed on Laura Ingalls Wilder

Laura Ingalls Wilder: author Tracy Chevalier joins Samira Ahmed

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Russell Kane on Evelyn Waugh

Comedian Russell Kane nominates novelist Evelyn Waugh, with Ann Pasternak Slater helping

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Tim Smit on Humphrey Jennings

Eden Project founder chooses documentary maker and artist Humphrey Jennings

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Mark Steel on Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin wasn鈥檛 funny but a political rebel. Mark Steel nominates him as his hero.

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Nikesh Shukla on the Great Gama

The Great Gama, the strongest man in the world, championed by author Nikesh Shukla.

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Suzanne O'Sullivan on Oliver Sacks

Neurologist and author Oliver Sacks is Suzanne O'Sullivan's hero, she tells Matthew Parris

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Rohan Silva on Colin Chapman

Matthew Parris profiles the inventor of the car that changed the face of Formula One

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Matt Lucas on Freddie Mercury

Matt Lucas chooses Freddie Mercury

• 28 mins

Shappi Khorsandi on Emma, Lady Hamilton

Shappi Khorsandi chooses Emma, Lady Hamilton Lord Nelson鈥檚 mistress.

• 28 mins

Catherine de Medici nominated by Helen Lewis

Helen Lewis nominates the so-called 'Black Queen' of France, Catherine de Medici.

• 28 mins

Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians, chosen by Tom Holland

Tom Holland chooses Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians

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Malcolm Lowry, nominated by Ian McMillan

As a young man looking for a literary hero, poet Ian McMillan found writer Malcolm Lowry

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Kirill Gerstein on Ferruccio Busoni

Kirill Gerstein chooses conductor, composer and virtuoso Ferruccio Busoni

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Caroline Criado-Perez on Jane Austen

The feminist campaigner and writer Caroline Criado-Perez champions the life of Jane Austen

• 28 mins

Jeremy Deller on The Beatles' manager Brian Epstein

Turner Prize artist Jeremy Deller chooses The Beatles manager Brian Epstein.

• 28 mins

Shirley Collins on Alan Lomax

Shirley Collins and Billy Bragg on the legendary American song-hunter Alan Lomax.

• 28 mins

Kamila Shamsie chooses Asma Jahangir

Kamila Shamsie champions the life of the human rights lawyer Asma Jahangir.

• 28 mins

Robinson Crusoe

Real-life castaway Lucy Irvine nominates Robinson Crusoe. With Martin Popplewell.

• 28 mins

Ed Balls nominates Herbert Howells

Ed Balls discusses the influence of 20th-century composer Herbert Howells on his life.

• 28 mins