Great Lives
A podcast by BBC Radio 4 - Mondays
386 Episodes
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Jeremy Deller on The Beatles' manager Brian Epstein
Published: 5/15/2019 -
Caroline Criado-Perez nominates Jane Austen
Published: 5/7/2019 -
Conductor and composer Ferruccio Busoni
Published: 5/1/2019 -
Malcolm Lowry, writer, nominated by Ian McMillan
Published: 4/23/2019 -
Catherine de Medici nominated by Helen Lewis
Published: 4/18/2019 -
Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians, chosen by Tom Holland
Published: 4/16/2019 -
Shappi Khorsandi on Emma, Lady Hamilton
Published: 4/2/2019 -
Matt Lucas on Freddie Mercury
Published: 1/22/2019 -
Colin Chapman, creator of Lotus Cars, nominated by Rohan Silva
Published: 1/15/2019 -
Oliver Sacks chosen by neurologist Suzanne O'Sullivan
Published: 1/8/2019 -
Nikesh Shukla on the undefeated Muslim wrestler the Great Gama
Published: 1/1/2019 -
Sathnam Sanghera on Alexander Gardner
Published: 12/28/2018 -
Charlie Chaplin - not just funny but a political rebel according to Mark Steel
Published: 12/25/2018 -
Tim Smit on Humphrey Jennings, Film Maker
Published: 12/19/2018 -
Russell Kane on Evelyn Waugh
Published: 12/11/2018 -
Pioneer girl Laura Ingalls Wilder nominated by broadcaster Samira Ahmed
Published: 12/4/2018 -
Christina Lamb on Benazir Bhutto
Published: 9/25/2018 -
Helen Glover on Alison Hargreaves
Published: 9/20/2018 -
Mark Carwardine on Douglas Adams
Published: 9/18/2018 -
Cherie Blair on Dame Rose Heilbron
Published: 9/11/2018
Biographical series in which guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.