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Katherine Rundell on E Nesbit
Writer Katherine Rundell nominates fellow children's author E Nesbit.
James Dyson on Frank Whittle
James Dyson chooses the inventor of the jet engine, Frank Whittle.
Queen Emma
Alice Roberts chooses the wife of two kings - Aethelred and Canute.
Lady Rachel MacRobert, chosen by Hayaatun Sillem
Dr Hayaatun Sillem chooses the extraordinary life of Lady Rachel MacRobert.
Harriet Harman on Maria Callas
Harriet Harman nominates opera star Maria Callas.
Mary Portas on Anita Roddick
Mary Portas chooses the founder of The Body Shop Dame Anita Roddick as her Great Life.
Miriam Margolyes on Charles Dickens
The great Miriam Margolyes chooses her hero, Charles Dickens
Zing Tsjeng on Swedish painter Hilma af Klint
Biography series in which famous guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.
Film director Julien Temple on Elizabethan bad boy Christopher Marlowe
Biographical show in which famous guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.
The Roman Emperor Nero
Biographical series in which guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.
The surgeon Henry Marsh picks 'the saviour of mothers' Dr Semmelweis
Biography show where famous guests pick someone from history they ire or love.
Jo Brand picks American blues singer Bessie Smith
The biography show where famous guests pick someone they ire or love.
Anneka Rice picks the largely forgotten Jane Morris, muse to Rossetti and wife of William Morris
Anneka Rice picks Jane Morris, wife of William Morris and muse to Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
Ekow Eshun on the first openly gay footballer, Justin Fashanu
Biography show where famous guests pick someone they ire or love.
Doug Allan on Captain Jacques Cousteau
Wildlife cameraman Doug Allan nominates oceanographer and explorer Jacques Cousteau.
Dr Hannah Critchlow picks Professor Colin Blakemore
Dr Hannah Critchlow selects the neurobiologist Professor Colin Blakemore.
Lauren Cuthbertson on Margot Fonteyn
The Royal Ballet's Lauren Cuthbertson on quintessential British ballerina Margot Fonteyn.
Pen Hadow nominates Sir Peter Scott
Conservationist Peter Scott, founder of Slimbridge, is picked by Pen Hadow.
Reginald D Hunter selects Eugene V Debs
Five time socialist presidential candidate Eugene Victor Debs picked by Reginald D Hunter.
Jessica Fostekew on Boudica
Comedian Jessica Fostekew nominates the ancient English warrior queen, Boudica.
A N Wilson selects Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe picked by writer A N Wilson.
Ellen E Jones nominates Florynce Kennedy
Film journalist Ellen E Jones nominates the flamboyant American activist Florynce Kennedy
Mark Billingham chooses George Harrison
Crime writer Mark Billingham nominates the musician, singer and songwriter George Harrison
Maggi Hambling picks muse and lover Henrietta Moraes
Artist Maggi Hambling picks her muse.
Benny Hill
Benny Hill is this week's surprising selection for Great Lives.
Richey Edwards of The Manic Street Preachers
Guests pick great lives they ire or are ionate about.
Ned Ludd mythical leader of the Luddites
Famous guests pick someone who has inspired their lives
Dervla Murphy, author of the classic Full Tilt
Raymond Blanc on Professor Nicholas Kurti
Raymond Blanc chooses physicist Nicholas Kurti.
Tina Turner
Famous guests pick someone they are ionate about
