Great Lives - Four Hundred and Counting

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Great Lives - 400 and Counting: 2.  Dutch to Doddy

2.  Dutch to Doddy

Great Lives - 400 and Counting

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Great Lives - 400 and Counting, 2.  Dutch to Doddy

From Leon Trotsky to Morecambe and Wise - the story behind 400 Great Lives

From Ronald Reagan to Stan Laurel - Matthew Parris on the rows and revelations behind 400 editions of Great Lives.

From Ronald ‘Dutch’ Reagan to Stan Laurel, chosen by Ken Dodd.

In the second of three programmes, Matthew Parris and original producer Miles Warde recall the rows, revelations and  rank incompetence behind the making of 400 editions of BBC Radio 4's Great Lives.    

Featuring more material never previously played - nominators and experts about their hopes and fears; archive of original presenters Joan Bakewell and Humphrey Carpenter; plus a special selection of the very best of Great Lives.   
 
Programme extracts also include: 

* Michael Sheen on Philip K Dick
* Sir David Attenborough on Robert Hook
* Ian Lee on Andy Kaufman
* Cerys Matthews on Hildegard of Bingen
* Maureen Lipman on Cicely Saunders
* Ken Dodd on Stan Laurel 

Produced at BBC Bristol by Miles Warde.

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in December 2017.

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From Leon Trotsky to Morecambe and Wise - the story behind 400 Great Lives.

From Leon Trotsky to Morecambe and Wise - Matthew Parris on the rows, revelations and rank incompetence behind 400 editions of Great Lives.

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