John Hopkins, Ena Baxter, Lord Gavron, Andre Brink, Charles Townes, Steve Strange

Matthew Bannister on a photographer, a cook, a businessman, a writer and a physicist.

• 28 mins

Michele Ferrero, Lady Platt of Writtle, John McCabe, Louis Jourdan, Anne Naysmith and Lesley Gore.

Julian Worricker on a confectioner, an engineer, a composer, an actor, a pianist

• 28 mins

Dan Topolski, Lady Villiers, John Davies, Tim Lusty, Clark Terry

A rower, a resistance fighter, a historian, a historian and a jazz musician.

• 28 mins

Yasar Kemal, Maureen Guy, Professor Oliver Rackham, Sir Noel Davies, Leonard Nimoy

A Turkish author, an opera singer, an environmentalist, a nuclear engineer and an actor.

• 28 mins

Sir Terry Pratchett, Florence Arthaud, Patrick Whitefield, Lord Molyneaux, Sam Simon

Matthew Bannister on an author, a sailor, an ecologist, a politician and a comedy creator.

• 28 mins

Shaw Taylor, Arthur Wyatt, Naty Revuelta Clews, Malcolm Fraser, Andy Fraser

Matthew Bannister on a broadcaster, a diplomat, a revolutionary, a politician, a musician.

• 28 mins

Lee Kuan Yew, Derek Chinnery, Eugenie Clark, Mal Peet, Jackie Trent

Matthew Bannister on a prime minister, a BBC executive, an ichthyologist and an author.

• 28 mins

Cynthia Lennon, Anthony Scrivener, Martyn Goff, John Renbourn

Julian Worricker on a Beatles wife, a barrister, a musician and the man behind the Booker.

• 28 mins

Frei Otto, Richie Benaud, Albert Maysles, Julio Cesar Strassera, Mary Clarke

Matthew Bannister on an architect, a cricket commentator, a director, a lawyer, a critic.

• 28 mins

Guenter Grass, Sheila Kitzinger, Andrew Porter, Dave 'Devilfish' Ulliott, Percy Sledge

Matthew Bannister on an author, a childbirth campaigner, a critic, a gambler and a singer.

• 28 mins

Margaret Rule, Lord Mason, Dell Williams, Buddy Elias, Brian Couzens

Matthew Bannister on an archaeologist, an MP, a sex shop founder and a record producer.

• 28 mins

Sir Philip Carter, Andrew Lesnie, Margaret Harrison, Tom McCabe MSP, Claire Gordon

Matthew Bannister on a football chairman, a cinematographer, a campaigner and an actress.

• 28 mins

Jean Nidetch, Baroness Ruth Rendell, Geoff Duke OBE, Katharine Worth, Errol Brown

Matthew Bannister on a slimming guru, an author, a motorcyclist and a drama teacher.

• 28 mins

BB King, Kenan Evren, Sir Maurice Flanagan, Maya Plisetskaya, Wally Kahn

Matthew Bannister on a bluesman, a general, an airline boss, a dancer and a glider pilot.

• 28 mins

Oscar Holderer, David Sharp, the Dowager Marchioness of Reading, Alexandre Lamfalussy and Guy Carawan

Matthew Bannister on a rocket scientist, a rambler, an aristocrat, an economist, a singer.

• 28 mins

Raymond Gosling, Eileen Gray, Sir Duncan Watson, Denys Darlow, Grace Lee Whitney

Matthew Bannister on a scientist, a cyclist, a blind campaigner, a conductor, an actress.

• 28 mins

Tariq Aziz, Charles Kennedy, Julie Harris, Alan Bond, Peter Cropper

The lives of two politicians, a costume designer, an entrepreneur and a violinist.

• 28 mins

Christopher Lee, Marguerite Patten, James Last, Major Roy Homard, Ron Moody

Andrea Catherwood on two actors, a polar explorer, a cookery writer and a musician.

• 28 mins

Morris Beckman, Ornette Coleman, Tanith Lee, Süleyman Demirel and Doris Hart

Matthew Bannister on an activist, a musician, a writer, a president and a tennis player.

• 28 mins

Sir Chris Woodhead, Patrick Macnee, Dame Anne Warburton, Vic Mayhew, James Horner

Matthew Bannister on a school inspector, an actor, a diplomat, a subeditor and a composer.

• 28 mins

Sir Nicholas Winton, Val Doonican, Nek Chand, James Salter, Lady Rozelle Raynes

Matthew Bannister on a humanitarian, a singer, an artist, a writer and an aristocrat.

• 28 mins

Omar Sharif, Stanley 'Steve' Moore, Jules Wright, Yevgeny Primakov, Ernest Tomlinson

Matthew Bannister on an actor, a detective, a director, a politician and a composer.

• 28 mins

Rev Joyce Bennett, Prince Saud al-Faisal, Burt Shavitz, Michael Oliver, Ian Allan

Matthew Bannister on a priest, a foreign minister, a beekeeper and a medical professor.

• 28 mins

Scot Breithaupt, E. L. Doctorow, Claudia Alexander, Ron Pollard, Magali Noel

Matthew Bannister on a space scientist, a bookie, an author, a BMX pioneer, an actress.

• 28 mins

Nova Pilbeam, Reverend Owen Chadwick, Jon Vickers, Yoichiro Nambu, Nick Ryman

Matthew Bannister on a historian, a tenor, a physicist, an actress, a vigneron

• 28 mins

Cilla Black, Michael Kidson, APJ Abdul Kalam, Evelyn Gillan, George Cole

Matthew Bannister discusses a singer, a teacher, a president, a campaigner and an actor.

• 28 mins

David Nobbs, Frances Kelsey, Kyril Zinovieff, Elio Fiorucci, Harry Pitch

Reeta Chakrabarti on a writer, a scientist, a spy, a fashion designer and a musician.

• 28 mins

Khaled al-Asaad, Jazz Summers, Jack Gold, Manual Contreras, Dawn Wofford

Lucy Ash on an archaeologist, a music manager, a director, a show jumper and a general.

• 28 mins

Bernie Passingham, Christopher Marshall, Wayne Carson, Michael Turk, Marie Dobbs, Yvonne Craig

Matthew Bannister on a union official, a researcher, a songwriter, a waterman, an author.

• 28 mins

Lord Montagu of Beaulieu, Joy Beverley, Oliver Sacks, Annette Worsley-Taylor

Matthew Bannister talks about a peer, a singer, a neurologist and a fashion promoter.

• 28 mins