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Martha Kearney explores the newly released government papers from 1978, the year that saw Jim Callaghan struggle to decide the date for the general election. Show more
30 minutes
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Former Home Secretary, David Blunkett, who was born blind, tells Matthew Parris about the life of Louis Braille. From 2015. Show more
26 minutes
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Broadcaster Iain Lee chooses performance artist, wrestler and star of TV’s Taxi, Andy Kaufman. With Matthew Parris. From 2017. Show more
30 minutes
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Dancer Len Goodman chooses composer Lionel Bart, the creator of the musical Oliver! With Matthew Parris. From 2017. Show more
30 minutes
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Comedian Sara Pascoe chooses the author of ‘Mrs Dalloway’, Virginia Woolf. With Matthew Parris. From 2016. Show more
30 minutes
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Mathematician Marcus de Sautoy chooses the blind Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges. With Matthew Parris. From 2014. Show more
30 minutes
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Trade unionist Sir Brendan Barber chooses the American novelist, John Steinbeck. With Matthew Parris. From 2013. Show more
25 minutes
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4 Extra Debut. Monty Python's Michael Palin chooses the American writer, Ernest Hemingway. With Matthew Parris. From May 2014. Show more
30 minutes
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4 Extra Debut. Actor and broadcaster Liza Tarbuck chooses scientist and inventor, Nikola Tesla. With Matthew Parris. From 2018. Show more
30 minutes
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Singer Toyah Willcox chooses the actress and Hollywood legend, Katharine Hepburn. With Matthew Parris. From 2015. Show more
28 minutes
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Matthew Bannister remembers former Irish PM Albert Reynolds, BBC staff vetter Ronnie Stonham, painter Norman Cornish, broadcaster Gerry Anderson and soprano Licia Albanese. Show more
28 minutes
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Matthew Bannister on theatre director Sir Peter Hall, radical feminist Kate Millett, Tory MP Sir Edward Du Cann, writer JP Donleavy. Show more
30 minutes
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4 Extra Debut. Dragons’ Den Hilary Devey on singing star Gracie Fields. Sebastian Lassandro is expert witness. With Matthew Parris from 2016. Show more
30 minutes
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Journalist Paul Mason nominates French anarchist, Louise Michel. With Matthew Parris and historian Carolyn Eichner. From 2013. Show more
30 minutes
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Peter Bowles selects George Devine, the Royal Court Theatre’s groundbreaking artistic director. With Matthew Parris. From 2013. Show more
30 minutes
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Comedian and actor Adil Ray chooses the Irish comedian, Dave Allen. With Matthew Parris and Graham McCann. From 2014. Show more
30 minutes
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Businessman Mark Constantine chooses Lebanese-American author of ‘The Prophet’, Khalil Gibran. With Matthew Parris. From 2014. Show more
30 minutes
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Colonel John Blashford-Snell on why he admires explorer and Victorian hero, Dr David Livingstone. With Matthew Parris. From 2013. Show more
30 minutes
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Gyles Brandreth chooses Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes. With Matthew Parris and Andrew Lycett. From 2013. Show more
30 minutes
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Edmund de Waal chooses Primo Levi, the Italian writer who survived and documented Auschwitz. With Matthew Parris. From 2013. Show more
