Actor Niamh Cusack on the life of poet Mary Oliver

Actor Niamh Cusack chooses the American poet Mary Oliver.

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Alan Freeman picked by Simon Mayo

Simon Mayo picks his broadcasting hero, Pick of the Pops's Alan 'Fluff' Freeman.

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Harry Enfield on Gerard Hoffnung

Comedian Harry Enfield chooses the cartoonist, musician and raconteur Gerard Hoffnung.

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Sir Bruce Forsyth

Sir Bruce Forsyth, nominated by the political writer and broadcaster Steve Richards

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Antoni Gaudi

Antoni Gaudi, nominated by Baroness Ros Altmann.

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Katherine Rundell on E Nesbit

Writer Katherine Rundell nominates fellow children's author E Nesbit.

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James Dyson on Frank Whittle

James Dyson chooses the inventor of the jet engine, Frank Whittle.

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Queen Emma

Alice Roberts chooses the wife of two kings - Aethelred and Canute.

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Lady Rachel MacRobert, chosen by Hayaatun Sillem

Dr Hayaatun Sillem chooses the extraordinary life of Lady Rachel MacRobert.

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Harriet Harman on Maria Callas

Harriet Harman nominates opera star Maria Callas.

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Mary Portas on Anita Roddick

Mary Portas chooses the founder of The Body Shop Dame Anita Roddick as her Great Life.

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Miriam Margolyes on Charles Dickens

The great Miriam Margolyes chooses her hero, Charles Dickens

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Zing Tsjeng on Swedish painter Hilma af Klint

Biography series in which famous guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.

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Film director Julien Temple on Elizabethan bad boy Christopher Marlowe

Biographical show in which famous guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.

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The Roman Emperor Nero

Biographical series in which guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.

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The surgeon Henry Marsh picks 'the saviour of mothers' Dr Semmelweis

Biography show where famous guests pick someone from history they admire or love.

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Jo Brand picks American blues singer Bessie Smith

The biography show where famous guests pick someone they admire or love.

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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.

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Ekow Eshun on the first openly gay footballer, Justin Fashanu

Biography show where famous guests pick someone they admire or love.

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Doug Allan on Captain Jacques Cousteau

Wildlife cameraman Doug Allan nominates oceanographer and explorer Jacques Cousteau.

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Dr Hannah Critchlow picks Professor Colin Blakemore

Dr Hannah Critchlow selects the neurobiologist Professor Colin Blakemore.

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Lauren Cuthbertson on Margot Fonteyn

The Royal Ballet's Lauren Cuthbertson on quintessential British ballerina Margot Fonteyn.

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Pen Hadow nominates Sir Peter Scott

Conservationist Peter Scott, founder of Slimbridge, is picked by Pen Hadow.

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Reginald D Hunter selects Eugene V Debs

Five time socialist presidential candidate Eugene Victor Debs picked by Reginald D Hunter.

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Jessica Fostekew on Boudica

Comedian Jessica Fostekew nominates the ancient English warrior queen, Boudica.

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A N Wilson selects Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe picked by writer A N Wilson.

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Ellen E Jones nominates Florynce Kennedy

Film journalist Ellen E Jones nominates the flamboyant American activist Florynce Kennedy

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Mark Billingham chooses George Harrison

Crime writer Mark Billingham nominates the musician, singer and songwriter George Harrison

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Maggi Hambling picks muse and lover Henrietta Moraes

Artist Maggi Hambling picks her muse.

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Benny Hill

Benny Hill is this week's surprising selection for Great Lives.

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