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Cultural depictions of Arthur
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The programme originally scheduled was by the guest film-maker
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1199:, Conservative politician, former Chancellor of the Exchequer
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495:, French philosopher, revolutionary politician and libertine
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7029:, fossil collector and working-class woman from Lyme Regis
4680:, Conservative Member of Parliament, author and adventurer
4616:, founder of Walker Books, a publishing house for children
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4473:, Conservative politician and former government minister
2313:
1623:
2229:, former Conservative MP and former government minister
1099:, Labour politician, former Chancellor of the Exchequer
462:, Conservative politician and former Foreign Secretary
3813:, former Member of Parliament and government minister
1559:, American industrialist, investor and philanthropist
415:, broadcaster, television producer and stage director
378:, Conservative politician and former Cabinet Minister
8506:, civil rights activist and investigative journalist
5446:, art collector and benefactor of the British Museum
1839:, Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist
1406:
7640:, entrepreneur, columnist, former policy advisor to
3309:, Member of Parliament and (then) Foreign Secretary
1373:, Irish nationalist leader (repeat of Programme 1?)
9904:
8694:
8277:
6937:
6482:
6013:
4437:, physicist and campaigner against nuclear weapons
4173:
3710:
3385:, South African singer and anti-apartheid activist
3268:
2837:
1961:
919:, playwright, composer, director, actor and singer
6271:, sculptor of British World War One war memorials
4596:, British literary editor, novelist and memoirist
3993:, writer, traveller, politician and administrator
1228:
891:
557:
434:, former Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards
9602:
7833:
7379:
6054:, Greek-born former British Government economist
5540:
5095:
5075:, Italian Holocaust survivor, writer and chemist
4622:
3965:, founder of the NHS and Labour Cabinet Minister
3850:, surgeon, scientist, broadcaster and politician
2398:
2392:, Irish dramatist and Fabian Society pamphleteer
1553:Martin Smith, Chairman of English National Opera
194:
11086:
9159:
8045:Nicholas Ashley-Cooper, 12th Earl of Shaftesbury
6689:, Romanian-born, American Jewish Nobel laureate
2772:, black singer, actor and civil rights activist
1402:). It was withdrawn due to "production quality".
1127:, journalist, environmental activist and writer
702:, Labour politician and former Cabinet Minister
281:, Labour politician and former Cabinet Minister
11475:Cultural depictions of Joséphine de Beauharnais
11195:Cultural depictions of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
5089:, nurse, health administrator and statistician
3122:, American politician and brother of President
11695:Cultural depictions of Hans Christian Andersen
11240:Cultural depictions of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
6257:, Kenyan environmental and political activist
5601:, American journalist and civil rights leader
4753:, politician and former Labour Home Secretary
2061:, Conservative politician and former Minister
1256:, librettist and composer of comic operettas
1105:, Labour politician, former Foreign Secretary
11555:Cultural depictions of Richard III of England
10251:
8554:
8123:
7874:, British Labour and Co-operative politician
3491:, London Mayoral advisor on arts and culture
3351:, Australian television presenter and artist
1269:, former Labour Leader of the House of Lords
854:, mysterious French prisoner in the Bastille
618:, Caribbean revolutionary and cricket writer
11710:Cultural depictions of Franklin D. Roosevelt
11690:Cultural depictions of Edward III of England
9460:
8999:
7679:
7228:
6779:
6325:
5853:
5382:
5356:, businessman and founder of Lush cosmetics
4940:
4485:
4032:
3573:
3131:
2683:
2240:
1792:
1450:
1398:(who nominated the Irish nationalist leader
1059:
722:
393:
11665:Cultural depictions of Catherine de' Medici
11590:Cultural depictions of Richard I of England
11515:Cultural depictions of Florence Nightingale
11450:Cultural depictions of Ludwig II of Bavaria
11330:Cultural depictions of Henry VII of England
10055:
6135:, philanthropist and documentary filmmaker
6095:, American Civil War veteran and historian
5812:, journalist & former newspaper editor
4546:, writer, philanthropist and art collector
1867:, Austrian neurologist and psychotherapist
1005:, broadcaster, writer, politician and chef
11725:Cultural depictions of Frederick the Great
11645:Cultural depictions of Catherine the Great
11600:Cultural depictions of Neville Chamberlain
11520:Cultural depictions of Rabindranath Tagore
11445:Cultural depictions of William Shakespeare
11325:Cultural depictions of Katherine Mansfield
11305:Cultural depictions of George Bernard Shaw
11190:Cultural depictions of Niccolò Machiavelli
11165:Cultural depictions of Robert Falcon Scott
11135:Cultural depictions of Alexander the Great
11110:Cultural depictions of Friedrich Nietzsche
10258:
10244:
10223:
5083:, Chief Curator at Historic Royal Palaces
4833:, French writer, artist and film director
3262:, Italian judge and anti-Mafia campaigner
3066:, German theologian and Resistance figure
2817:, actress, comedian and singer-songwriter
1303:, writer, publisher and political thinker
660:, Egyptian singer, songwriter and actress
11525:Cultural depictions of Bernard Montgomery
11505:Cultural depictions of Arthur Conan Doyle
11480:Cultural depictions of Laurel & Hardy
11430:Cultural depictions of Simone de Beauvoir
11375:Cultural depictions of Henry V of England
11175:Cultural depictions of David Lloyd George
9426:, writer, wild swimmer, environmentalist
7670:, musician, songwriter, lead vocalist of
6767:, Chancellor of the University of Oxford
3206:, Swiss founder of analytical psychology
1738:, Director-General of the National Trust
315:, communication theorist and philosopher
11565:Cultural depictions of Katharine Hepburn
11500:Cultural depictions of David Livingstone
11485:Cultural depictions of the Marx Brothers
11410:Cultural depictions of Winston Churchill
11345:Cultural depictions of Robert F. Kennedy
11340:Cultural depictions of Luciano Pavarotti
11320:Cultural depictions of George Washington
11285:Cultural depictions of Pope John Paul II
11270:Cultural depictions of Eleanor Roosevelt
11215:Cultural depictions of Benjamin Disraeli
11210:Cultural depictions of Lyndon B. Johnson
5917:, Slovene artist and survivor of Dachau
5900:, literary hostess and associate of the
3642:, comedy writer and television producer
3561:, ethologist and evolutionary biologist
3497:, German-American political philosopher
3420:Series 20, December 2009 – February 2010
2992:Series 17, December 2008 – February 2009
2865:, Labour politician and prison reformer
2098:, naturalist and evolutionary scientist
1955:, broadcaster and political interviewer
309:, theatre and opera director, physician
11730:Cultural depictions of Thomas Jefferson
11705:Cultural depictions of J. R. R. Tolkien
11680:Cultural depictions of Benito Mussolini
11575:Cultural depictions of Alfred Hitchcock
11540:Cultural depictions of Ernest Hemingway
11490:Cultural depictions of Grigori Rasputin
11125:Cultural depictions of Alfred the Great
9768:Series 62, November 2023 – January 2024
9314:Series 59, December 2022 – January 2023
8852:Series 56, December 2021 – January 2022
8429:Series 53, December 2020 – January 2021
8366:, Labour politician and trade unionist
7984:Series 50, December 2019 – January 2020
7530:Series 47, December 2018 – January 2019
7092:Series 44, December 2017 - January 2018
6643:Series 41, December 2016 – January 2017
6562:Secretary General of the United Nations
6180:Series 38, December 2015 – January 2016
6127:politician and former Cabinet Minister
6060:, Greek actress, singer and politician
5881:, Trinidadian cricketer and politician
5696:Series 35, December 2014 – January 2015
5615:, German field marshal of World War II
5246:Series 32, December 2013 – January 2014
4783:Series 29, December 2012 – January 2013
4386:, psychologist and cognitive scientist
4328:Series 26, December 2011 – January 2012
3877:Series 23, November 2010 – January 2011
2561:Series 14, December 2007 – January 2008
2358:, theatre director, actress and writer
2105:Series 11, December 2006 – January 2007
632:, marine biologist and conservationist
11660:Cultural depictions of Freddie Mercury
11655:Cultural depictions of Charlie Chaplin
11610:Cultural depictions of Pope John XXIII
11580:Cultural depictions of Lucrezia Borgia
11570:Cultural depictions of Abraham Lincoln
11535:Cultural depictions of Dante Alighieri
11495:Cultural depictions of Galileo Galilei
11440:Cultural depictions of Emily Dickinson
11420:Cultural depictions of Sammy Davis Jr.
11335:Cultural depictions of William Hogarth
11280:Cultural depictions of Albert Einstein
11185:Cultural depictions of Charles Dickens
11140:Cultural depictions of Louis Armstrong
11087:
10546:The Poet Laureate Has Gone To His Shed
9274:George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood
8117:, American Nobel Prize-winning author
7420:, former literary editor of The Times
5934:, writer and expert on country houses
5496:, journalist and television presenter
4823:, children's writer and author of the
2386:, broadcaster, physician and comedian
2344:, television presenter and newsreader
1624:Series 8, October 2005 – February 2006
11635:Cultural depictions of Mahatma Gandhi
11595:Cultural depictions of Virginia Woolf
11470:Cultural depictions of Francisco Goya
11465:Cultural depictions of Gertrude Stein
11295:Cultural depictions of Billie Holiday
11275:Cultural depictions of Charles Darwin
11205:Cultural depictions of Horatio Nelson
11155:Cultural depictions of Baruch Spinoza
11130:Cultural depictions of Franz Schubert
10239:
10231:Detailed list of Great Lives episodes
9856:, 3rd President of the United States
8817:, saint, mystic, activist and author
7269:, comedian and political commentator
6931:, entertainer and performance artist
4934:, Irish-born journalist and gardener
4728:, film actor and one half of the duo
4610:, British journalist and interviewer
4133:, British Green Member of Parliament
4021:, African-American political leader
1907:, economist, journalist and academic
1758:, novelist and aeronautical engineer
1353:, writer and charity chief executive
509:, American jazz trumpeter and singer
11560:Cultural depictions of Marlon Brando
11530:Cultural depictions of Hank Williams
11510:Cultural depictions of Salvador DalĂ
11435:Cultural depictions of Lewis Carroll
11425:Cultural depictions of Thomas Edison
11400:Cultural depictions of Richard Nixon
11385:Cultural depictions of Pablo Picasso
11370:Cultural depictions of Harry Houdini
11360:Cultural depictions of Frank Sinatra
11310:Cultural depictions of Elvis Presley
11300:Cultural depictions of Julius Caesar
11260:Cultural depictions of Sigmund Freud
11245:Cultural depictions of Ronald Reagan
11220:Cultural depictions of George Orwell
11150:Cultural depictions of Mother Teresa
11115:Cultural depictions of Henri Matisse
10043:, retail consultant and broadcaster
9521:, 1st black man to reach North Pole
9515:, 2nd black man to reach North Pole
8749:, professor of global public health
8632:, poet, author, artist and humorist
7523:, former Prime Minister of Pakistan
6621:Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
5976:, American ambassador to UK 1941–46
4864:, composer and folk music collector
3959:, former Leader of the Labour Party
3945:, dancer and television personality
3856:, writers of the French Renaissance
3841:Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1133:, American author and revolutionary
870:Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
654:, novelist and cultural commentator
224:Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
11735:Cultural depictions of Nikola Tesla
11715:Cultural depictions of Judy Garland
11675:Cultural depictions of Jim Morrison
11640:Cultural depictions of Orson Welles
11630:Cultural depictions of Muhammad Ali
11625:Cultural depictions of Andy Kaufman
11615:Cultural depictions of Sitting Bull
11550:Cultural depictions of Erwin Rommel
11455:Cultural depictions of Dylan Thomas
11365:Cultural depictions of Fred Astaire
11265:Cultural depictions of Leon Trotsky
11230:Cultural depictions of Genghis Khan
11225:Cultural depictions of Robert Burns
11200:Cultural depictions of Thomas Paine
10326:John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme
9870:, singer and civil rights activist
7071:, Irish politician and suffragette
4906:, artist of the Aesthetic movement
4858:, radio presenter and music critic
4810:, crime novelist and former jockey
4663:, foreign correspondent and author
4554:, singer, broadcaster and activist
2797:, actor and radio and TV presenter
2084:, singer and civil rights activist
1724:Derek Wilson, historian and author
13:
11720:Cultural depictions of Kurt Cobain
11685:Cultural depictions of Frida Kahlo
11670:Cultural depictions of Jane Austen
11650:Cultural depictions of David Bowie
11605:Cultural depictions of C. S. Lewis
11585:Cultural depictions of Lenny Bruce
11545:Cultural depictions of James Brown
11460:Cultural depictions of Oscar Wilde
11415:Cultural depictions of Walt Disney
11390:Cultural depictions of John Lennon
11290:Cultural depictions of Marie Curie
11235:Cultural depictions of George Sand
11180:Cultural depictions of Elizabeth I
11120:Cultural depictions of H. G. Wells
8931:, princess and WWII special agent
8618:, singer, songwriter, entertainer
8612:, broadcaster and record producer
7057:, boxer and civil rights activist
5990:, 18th-century French inventor of
5742:, 19th century American author of
5205:, television presenter and writer
5001:, comedian and former disc jockey
3791:, educational and social reformer
2657:, author of children's literature
2649:, American comedian and film star
2426:, theatrical producer and manager
1407:Hogmanay Special, 31 December 2004
537:, 19th-century bare-knuckle boxer
14:
11746:
11620:Cultural depictions of Steve Jobs
11405:Cultural depictions of Golda Meir
11170:Cultural depictions of Bob Marley
11160:Cultural depictions of James Cook
11145:Cultural depictions of Lord Byron
10208:
9335:, Ukrainian chef and food writer
7922:, First UK Labour Prime Minister
7452:Elizabeth, Countess of Shrewsbury
7317:, American theoretical physicist
6965:, Labour MP and Cabinet Minister
5429:, 12th-13th century Italian poet
4968:, Anglican theologian and bishop
4256:, broadcaster and poetry curator
3951:, dancer, singer and entertainer
3505:, actor and television presenter
3371:, writer of the great dictionary
2985:, painter, engraver and satirist
2954:, second world war Field Marshal
2635:, pharmacologist and pathologist
862:, Welsh athlete and broadcaster,
503:, jazz trombonist and bandleader
489:, journalist and media executive
182:and currently (since April 2006)
11355:Cultural depictions of Carl Jung
11315:Cultural depictions of Rembrandt
11069:
11068:
9905:Series 63, April 2024 – May 2024
9795:, former Iranian prime minister
8962:, suffragette and businesswoman
8695:Series 55, August–September 2021
8278:Series 52, August–September 2020
7664:, comedian, screenwriter, actor
7590:, English documentary filmmaker
7345:, American Vaudeville performer
6938:Series 43, August–September 2017
6532:, Father of Scottish Democracy.
6483:Series 40, August–September 2016
6155:, South African lawyer and anti-
6014:Series 37, August–September 2015
5689:, American actress and comedian
5502:, 19th-century British engineer
5183:, 19th century French anarchist
4465:, writer, feminist and pacifist
4174:Series 25, August–September 2011
3904:, impresario and talent manager
3805:, French philosopher and mystic
3711:Series 22, August–September 2010
3690:, astronomer and astrophysicist
3656:, chairman of Marks and Spencer
3407:, former British Prime Minister
3269:Series 19, August–September 2009
2838:Series 16, August–September 2008
2420:, theatre director and producer
2221:, economist and social reformer
1962:Series 10, August–September 2006
1325:, art historian and broadcaster
988:, trade unionist ad Labour peer
598:, geneticist and cell biologist
343:, 19th-century Hindu missionary
11350:Cultural depictions of Napoleon
11255:Cultural depictions of Mae West
10265:
8917:, first female circumnavigator
8769:, psychiatrist and philosopher
5828:Governor of the Bank of England
5723:, Czechoslovak distance runner
5482:, comedian, musician and actor
4479:, 13th-century Indian princess
4153:, "the Galveston Giant", boxer
2811:, comedian, actress and writer
2322:, Polish chemist and physicist
2024:First Lady of the United States
1250:, actress, singer and comedian
1229:Series 6, October–December 2004
892:Series 4, October–December 2003
885:, Queen of England and Ireland
558:Series 2, October–December 2002
551:, American newspaper publisher
249:, food and design entrepreneur
11700:Cultural depictions of Hypatia
10416:BBC National Short Story Award
10192:
9850:, co-founder of the Knowledge
9603:Series 61, June–September 2023
9395:, football player and manager
8831:, ancient Greek mathematician
8388:, Ghanaian-British architect
7977:, Sierra Leonean educationist
7834:Series 49, July–September 2019
7495:, England's first woman judge
7380:Series 46, July–September 2018
7085:, cricketer and businesswoman
6525:Scottish former First Minister
6318:President of the United States
5541:Series 34, August–October 2014
5096:Series 31, August–October 2013
4623:Series 28, July–September 2012
3773:President of the United States
3704:, athlete and football player
3601:, writer and theatre director
2968:, traveller, diplomat and spy
2940:, Northern Ireland politician
2758:, Argentine racing car driver
2553:President of the United States
2399:Series 13, August–October 2007
1602:President of the United States
1472:, humorist, critic and author
1273:Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy RN
1163:President of the United States
980:, Chilean independence leader
879:, journalist and broadcaster,
585:, Albanian Roman Catholic nun
267:, cartoonist and caricaturist
195:Series 0, August–November 2001
166:biography series, produced in
121:
110:
1:
11395:Cultural depictions of Sappho
10185:
9582:, musician with The Specials
9543:, biologist and TV presenter
9160:Series 58, May–September 2022
8682:, journalist and broadcaster
8668:, actor, comedian and author
8422:, Chinese monk and traveller
8033:, War photographer and model
7303:, American poet and activist
7250:, comedian, actor and artist
7180:, physicist, and suffragette
7166:, Indian independence leader
6978:, comedian, actor and writer
6307:, former Director General of
6086:, television personality and
5759:, sociologist and politician
5637:, poet and singer-songwriter
5629:, Italian Marxist politician
5177:, journalist and broadcaster
5117:, astrologer and broadcaster
5061:, Spanish surrealist painter
4987:, Italian pioneer astronomer
4776:, novelist, wit and feminist
4532:, Irish dramatist and writer
4321:, author and conservationist
3676:, polymath and businesswoman
3365:, (then) the mayor of London
2859:, journalist and broadcaster
2290:, fictional Belgian reporter
2033:, broadcaster and journalist
1949:, journalist and broadcaster
1935:, journalist and broadcaster
1921:, broadcaster and agony aunt
1428:, Scottish singer-songwriter
1155:, journalist and broadcaster
777:, journalist and broadcaster
640:, journalist and broadcaster
189:
9454:, writer and anthropologist
7894:, first woman psychoanalyst
6347:, novelist and screenwriter
5609:, woodsman and TV presenter
5581:, DJ and music entrepreneur
4767:, commentator and author of
4650:, English heavyweight boxer
4315:, former England footballer
3483:, musician and comic writer
3242:, broadcaster and physician
2892:, zoologist and broadcaster
2165:, German-American physicist
2159:, scientist and broadcaster
1752:, historian and broadcaster
1205:, 19th century Conservative
769:, Russian-American composer
688:, 18th-century caricaturist
216:, founder of bookshop chain
7:
11380:Cultural depictions of Nero
11095:2001 radio programme debuts
10354:Thanks a Lot, Milton Jones!
9987:, inventor and businessman
9563:, prosecutor of Guy Fawkes
8825:, politician and economist
8800:, folk singer and activist
8305:, Italian fascist dictator
7908:, playwright and architect
7765:, Russian American pianist
7616:Ghulam Mohammad, Great Gama
7517:, author and correspondent
7426:, Norwegian polar explorer
7353:, TV and Radio presentator
7065:, presenter and journalist
6868:, Member of U.S. Congress (
6041:, mountaineer and explorer
5837:Governor of Bank of Finland
5667:Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis
5342:, actor and TV personality
3670:, economist and journalist
3315:, South African ANC leader
3013:, performing arts promoter
2092:, businessman and academic
2047:, feminist literary critic
1283:Christina Gorna, barrister
938:, author and lexicographer
797:, Jamaican reggae musician
466:Field Marshal Viscount Slim
170:. It has been presented by
10:
11751:
10871:From Our Own Correspondent
10312:I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue
10144:, physician and scientist
10001:, TV presenter and author
9632:
9029:
8976:, Indian classical dancer
8845:, African-American writer
8555:Series 54, April–June 2021
8338:, Soviet rocket scientist
8201:, African-American writer
8124:Series 51, April–June 2020
8027:, Channel 4 News reporter
7729:, Queen consort of France
7409:
7208:, Ancient Greek historian
6636:, first British Indian MP
6243:, African American writer
6149:, former High Court judge
6109:, explorer and adventurer
6093:George Washington Williams
5925:, Director General of the
5894:, author & journalist
5798:, politician and novelist
5669:, politician and academic
5267:, singer with Deacon Blue
4920:, novelist and biographer
4878:, Russian Orthodox mystic
4526:, journalist and novelist
4139:, German Green politician
3979:, novelist and playwright
3646:Richard Buckminster Fuller
3634:, England cricket captain
1895:, American athlete-turned
1822:
1730:, 16th century politician
1653:
1615:the 1st Duke of Wellington
1483:
1339:, civil-rights campaigner
1258:
1222:, naturalist and botanist
1088:
1081:, Conservative politician
921:
819:, journalist and satirist
752:
646:, writer of ghost stories
587:
476:, author and screenwriter
423:
227:
11064:
11018:
10982:
10922:
10825:
10562:
10453:
10398:
10282:
10273:
10170:, TV and radio presenter
10085:
10021:, geologist and feminist
9934:
9797:
9789:, American film director
9565:
9490:
9461:Series 60, April–May 2023
9343:
9189:
9000:Series 57, April–May 2022
8929:Noor-un-Nissa Inayat Khan
8886:
8763:, writer and broadcaster
8724:
8587:
8461:
8307:
8153:
8016:
7888:, folk singer-songwriter
7863:
7712:
7680:Series 48, April–May 2019
7632:, neurologist and author
7559:
7289:, American jazz musician
7258:
7229:Series 45, April–May 2018
7160:, Chief Crown Prosecutor
7121:
7037:, first British in space
6967:
6809:
6780:Series 42, April–May 2017
6672:
6512:
6504:, television personality
6355:
6326:Series 39, April–May 2016
6209:
6043:
5883:
5854:Series 36, April–May 2015
5725:
5570:
5562:, writer and broadcaster
5528:, writer and broadcaster
5412:
5383:Series 33, April–May 2014
5320:, Swiss-French architect
5275:
5125:
5023:, writer and broadcaster
4970:
4941:Series 30, April–May 2013
4841:, author and broadcaster
4812:
4652:
4588:, American film director
4515:
4486:Series 27, April–May 2012
4361:
4203:
4079:, conductor and composer
4062:
4033:Series 24, April–May 2011
4007:, campaigning journalist
3906:
3830:, former director of the
3740:
3648:, architect and futurist
3603:
3574:Series 21, April–May 2010
3477:, musician and performer
3452:
3298:
3161:
3132:Series 18, April–May 2009
3116:, former mayor of London
3046:, illustrator and writer
3032:, broadcasting executive
3021:
3019:, Italian operatic tenor
2920:, then shadow chancellor
2898:, 17th century scientist
2867:
2713:
2684:Series 15, April–May 2008
2590:
2428:
2273:
2241:Series 12, April–May 2007
2149:Millicent Garrett Fawcett
2134:
2016:, civil liberties lawyer
1991:
1793:Series 9, April–June 2006
1664:, author and broadcaster
1451:Series 7, April–June 2005
1381:, writer and broadcaster
1060:Series 5, April–June 2004
952:, pioneer female soldier
763:, conductor and composer
723:Series 3, April–June 2003
674:, Portuguese philosopher
666:Professor Sir Harry Kroto
612:, writer and broadcaster
604:, 18th century physician
583:Mother Teresa of Calcutta
517:, writer and broadcaster
394:Series 1, May–August 2002
295:, writer and broadcaster
143:
131:
120:
109:
101:
93:
71:
61:
53:
45:
37:
29:
10641:Gardeners' Question Time
10319:The Infinite Monkey Cage
10056:Series 64, August 2024 –
9747:, American opera singer
9410:Henry Plumb, Baron Plumb
8839:, chef and restaurateur
8598:, journalist and author
8229:, American film actress
7855:, adventurer and author
7551:, freelance journalist,
7367:, former head of Oxfam
6995:, journalist and author
6293:, musician and producer
5818:, American screenwriter
5643:, author and journalist
5516:, 17th-century composer
5474:, 19th-century novelist
5439:Chief Scientific Adviser
5069:, ceramicist and writer
5041:, a website for parents
4540:, writer and campaigner
4115:, writer and journalist
3821:Prime Minister of Israel
3732:, journalist and author
3567:, evolutionary theorist
3399:, American escapologist
3080:, American film actress
2543:General Sir Michael Rose
2207:, American war reporter
1989:, Russian revolutionary
1983:, author and journalist
1617:, soldier and statesman
1573:, Pan-Africanist leader
1345:, author and journalist
1011:, comedian and magician
783:, author and journalist
626:, journalist and author
337:, rabbi and broadcaster
11056:Timeline of BBC Radio 4
10361:The Museum of Curiosity
9951:, television presenter
9549:, UN Secretary-General
9078:, playwright and actor
8720:Hans Christian Andersen
7975:Constance Cummings-John
7861:, fictional characters
7813:, American song-hunter
7799:, The Beatles' manager
7743:, Lady of the Mercians
6440:Gordon Hamilton-Fairley
6305:Eliza Manningham-Buller
6269:Charles Sargeant Jagger
6237:, financial journalist
6167:, singer & actress
5911:, comedian & actor
5653:Director General of MI5
5500:Isambard Kingdom Brunel
4995:, television presenter
4962:, author and columnist
4898:Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen
4242:, Italian restaurateur
4161:, Member of Parliament
4015:, playwright and actor
3987:, Iraqi-born physicist
3553:, Paraguayan guitarist
3551:Agustin Barrios Mangore
3323:, Member of Parliament
2545:, British Army officer
2517:, football commentator
2503:and political activist
2491:, avant-garde composer
2453:, painter and sculptor
2336:, American jazz singer
1682:Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
1546:Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
913:, television executive
682:, political cartoonist
11100:BBC Radio 4 programmes
10389:The Unbelievable Truth
10201:at radiolistings.co.uk
9596:, 18th-century writer
9557:, government minister
9440:, musician in Nirvana
9420:& Patrick Barkham
9360:, gardener and writer
8970:, engineer and author
8948:, founder of Unilever
8810:Murray Edwards College
8674:, critic and essayist
8584:The Talented Mr Ripley
8542:, human rights lawyer
8336:Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
8237:, political scientist
7827:, human rights lawyer
7779:, feminist campaigner
7146:, political scientist
6222:Mulberry fashion label
6107:Richard Francis Burton
5970:, American ambassador
5423:, newspaper columnist
5306:, Victorian traveller
5239:, WW2 British General
4862:Ralph Vaughan Williams
4847:, favourite prince of
4262:, poet and playwright
3614:, human rights lawyer
2316:science correspondent
2145:, feminist campaigner
2002:, newspaper columnist
1861:, critic and satirist
1542:, Children's Laureate
1532:Robert Louis Stevenson
1254:Gilbert & Sullivan
1079:Lord Alistair McAlpine
1053:, writer and explorer
1019:, comedian and writer
837:Powell and Pressburger
355:King Hussein of Jordan
11036:Greenwich Time Signal
10711:The Listening Project
10019:Lady Rachel MacRobert
9864:, fitness instructor
9761:, religious reformer
9284:, children's author,
9242:, Venture capitalist
9214:, mathematics teache
9123:Franklin D. Roosevelt
8882:The Lord of the Rings
8686:Edward III of England
8646:, American statesman
8299:, Canadian historian
8073:Alfred Russel Wallace
7777:Caroline Criado-Perez
7618:, Pakistani wrestler
7604:, actor and comedian
6984:, writer, creator of
6805:Edward William Godwin
6711:, sports personality
6426:Richard the Lionheart
5898:Lady Ottoline Morrell
5460:, Argentinian writer
5374:Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes
5169:, American film star
5123:, composer and actor
4644:, sports commentator
4378:, German philosopher
4270:, comedian and actor
4093:, French philosopher
3780:Camila Batmanghelidjh
3757:, Ancient Greek poet
3698:, England footballer
3525:, Austrian physicist
3469:, American dramatist
3294:Alfred, Lord Tennyson
3094:, comedian and actor
2619:Alfred Russel Wallace
2304:, Russian playwright
2187:, actor and comedian
1786:, comedian and actor
1766:, writer and actress
847:, military historian
382:King Alfred the Great
273:, German philosopher
239:Sir Ernest Shackleton
10959:Something Understood
10899:The Westminster Hour
10340:Mark Steel's in Town
9993:, aircraft engineer
9959:, Conservative peer
9957:Baroness Ros Altmann
9812:Diana Barnato Walker
9341:, Ukrainian painter
9306:Morant Bay rebellion
9270:, soprano singer,
9232:Kathleen Ollerenshaw
9098:, poet and musician
8654:, singer-songwriter
8626:, singer-songwriter
8596:Yasmin Alibhai-Brown
8518:Jean-Michel Basquiat
8492:, Air Chief Marshal
8162:Frank Cottrell-Boyce
7962:Prince Rogers Nelson
7727:Catherine de' Medici
7555:Laura Ingalls Wilder
7373:, Empress of Russia
7256:, American musician
7083:Rachael Heyhoe Flint
7069:Constance Markievicz
6824:Dame Elisabeth Frink
6717:, sports journalist
6540:, stand-up comedian
6299:, singer-songwriter
6279:, Scottish comedian
6207:, English cricketer
6173:, Hollywood actress
5948:, 19th-century poet
5847:during World War II
5845:President of Finland
5773:, children's writer
5488:, singer-songwriter
5273:, singer-songwriter
5225:, American novelist
5211:, computing pioneer
5142:, Nigerian musician
5087:Florence Nightingale
5007:John Blashford-Snell
4900:, interior designer
4686:, Scottish novelist
4404:Ludwig II of Bavaria
4220:, singer-songwriter
4201:, author and critic
4147:, sports journalist
4060:, American inventor
3612:Clive Stafford Smith
3463:, stand-up comedian
3329:, poet and activist
3200:, American comedian
3178:, Labour politician
3159:, Emperor of France
2966:Lady Hester Stanhope
2752:, racing car driver
2730:, novelist and poet
2643:, documentary maker
2485:, conceptual artist
2483:Michael Craig-Martin
2350:, Dutch accused spy
1981:Christopher Hitchens
1947:Krishnan Guru-Murthy
1941:, English cricketer
1927:, Russian ballerina
1820:, comedy double act
1780:, radio broadcaster
1651:, Hollywood actress
1548:, Austrian composer
1385:Captain Henry Morgan
1191:, Russian dramatist
994:, co-founder of the
852:Man in the Iron Mask
811:, poet and novelist
696:, Labour politician
454:, Austrian composer
16:British radio series
10973:Thought for the Day
10892:Today in Parliament
10704:The Life Scientific
10690:The Kitchen Cabinet
10613:Crossing Continents
10553:With Great Pleasure
10497:Desert Island Discs
10114:Christopher Marlowe
9691:, environmentalist
9507:, King of Prussia
9505:Frederick the Great
9187:, Dutch footballer
9131:Anna Maxwell Martin
9046:, newspaper editor
8470:David Spiegelhalter
8406:John Maynard Keynes
8394:, Nigerian curator
8271:, American actress
7936:, Italian educator
7705:Emma, Lady Hamilton
7570:, writer, comedian
7371:Catherine the Great
7222:, Serbian inventor
6743:Srinivasa Ramanujan
6703:, Romanian pianist
6617:Neville Chamberlain
6442:, medical oncology
6412:Christine Granville
6372:, Italian princess
6285:, Scottish actress
6117:, prison reformist
5984:, blind politician
5197:, theatre director
5153:Rabindranath Tagore
5047:, football manager
4981:, DJ and presenter
4928:, gardening expert
4667:Josephine Bonaparte
4376:Ludwig Wittgenstein
4302:Hildegard of Bingen
4260:William Shakespeare
4123:Alice in Wonderland
4107:, contralto singer
4054:, British inventor
3999:Katherine Whitehorn
3937:, Irish playwright
3898:, public relations
3854:Michel de Montaigne
3668:Baroness Sarah Hogg
3503:Christopher Biggins
3439:Sir Ranulph Fiennes
3248:, dancer and actor
3102:, horticulturalist
3064:Dietrich Bonhoeffer
3038:, theatrical agent
2831:, scholar and poet
2803:, painter and poet
2786:, lead singer with
2705:, actor and writer
2661:Katherine Mansfield
2523:, football manager
2467:, photographer and
2465:The Earl of Snowdon
2390:George Bernard Shaw
2330:, singer and actor
2179:, theatre director
1557:John D. Rockefeller
1185:, theatre director
860:Tanni Grey-Thompson
767:Sergei Rachmaninoff
748:Robert Falcon Scott
487:Janet Street-Porter
480:Alexander the Great
364:, theatre director
329:, visionary author
271:Friedrich Nietzsche
26:
11105:Biographical works
11005:Test Match Special
10952:Prayer for the Day
10850:Broadcasting House
10627:The Food Programme
10525:Round Britain Quiz
10347:Meet David Sedaris
9793:Mohammad Mossadegh
9759:Gerrard Winstanley
9733:, organic farmer
9488:, tennis champion
9452:Zora Neale Hurston
9389:, radio presenter
9292:Pippi Longstocking
9220:, Indian sitarist
9111:, "Mr Manchester"
9092:, garden designer
9076:Lolita Chakrabarti
8974:Mrinalini Sarabhai
8815:Catherine of Siena
8777:, director of the
8580:Patricia Highsmith
8548:, Rights activist
8520:, American artist
8352:, American singer
8324:, Mexican painter
8297:Margaret MacMillan
8187:, American author
8103:, American author
8089:, Jazz sax player
7930:, psychotherapist
7892:Lou Andreas-Salome
7624:Suzanne O'Sullivan
7576:, English writer
7557:, American writer
7481:, American dancer
7192:Joseph Chamberlain
7009:, photojournalist
6820:, feminist writer
6575:Marshall Rosenberg
6229:, garden designer
6205:Sir Leonard Hutton
6078:, English monarch
6070:Conservative Party
5879:Learie Constantine
5736:, feminist writer
5587:, American singer
5534:, American writer
5370:, radio presenter
5312:David Chipperfield
5237:Bernard Montgomery
5053:John Cooper Clarke
5027:Arthur Conan Doyle
4671:Napoleon Bonaparte
4661:Janine di Giovanni
4602:, Spanish painter
4459:, doctors' leader
4125:and mathematician
4091:Simone de Beauvoir
3467:Tennessee Williams
3413:, poet and author
3220:, American singer
3157:Napoleon Bonaparte
2906:, radio presenter
2890:David Attenborough
2756:Juan Manuel Fangio
2445:, American singer
2191:Richard Beckinsale
2132:, record producer
2126:, record producer
1905:Frances Cairncross
1893:Johnny Weissmuller
1818:Morecambe and Wise
1772:, writer and poet
1438:Humphrey Carpenter
1260:Humphrey Carpenter
1090:Humphrey Carpenter
978:Bernardo O'Higgins
923:Humphrey Carpenter
866:David Lloyd George
791:, writer and poet
789:Benjamin Zephaniah
754:Humphrey Carpenter
714:Captain James Cook
710:, media executive
589:Humphrey Carpenter
468:, military leader
425:Humphrey Carpenter
176:Humphrey Carpenter
80:Humphrey Carpenter
24:
11082:
11081:
11051:BBC Radio 4 Extra
11014:
11013:
10998:Shipping Forecast
10945:The Daily Service
10913:The World Tonight
10606:Costing the Earth
10305:Ed Reardon's Week
10183:
10182:
10053:
10052:
9971:Katherine Rundell
9949:Sir Bruce Forsyth
9902:
9901:
9765:
9764:
9755:, film director
9717:Ninette de Valois
9671:, neuroscientist
9600:
9599:
9499:Christopher Clark
9458:
9457:
9358:Christopher Lloyd
9311:
9310:
9304:The women of the
9276:, opera manager
9246:Rosalind Franklin
9234:, educationalist
9157:
9156:
8997:
8996:
8897:, marketing guru
8849:
8848:
8692:
8691:
8638:Jonathan Dimbleby
8552:
8551:
8426:
8425:
8360:, trade unionist
8346:, English singer
8275:
8274:
8185:Ursula K. Le Guin
8170:, creator of the
8121:
8120:
8011:and his creator,
7981:
7980:
7906:Sir John Vanbrugh
7831:
7830:
7677:
7676:
7588:Humphrey Jennings
7527:
7526:
7465:Alison Hargreaves
7377:
7376:
7331:, American actor
7275:, trade unionist
7254:Captain Beefheart
7226:
7225:
7144:Louise Richardson
7138:, French painter
7089:
7088:
7063:Andrea Catherwood
7015:, travel writer
6999:Alexander Gardner
6935:
6934:
6777:
6776:
6723:Suzannah Lipscomb
6670:, American actor
6640:
6639:
6480:
6479:
6459:, founder of the
6452:Scout Association
6400:, Indian actress
6323:
6322:
6251:, epidemiologist
6220:, founder of the
6201:, cricket umpire
6177:
6176:
6171:Katharine Hepburn
6133:Hannah Rothschild
6076:Queen Elizabeth I
6011:
6010:
5962:, American actor
5875:, news presenter
5851:
5850:
5740:Louisa May Alcott
5693:
5692:
5673:Joseph Bazalgette
5659:Dorothy L. Sayers
5538:
5537:
5510:, soprano singer
5458:Jorge Luis Borges
5408:Jacqueline du Pré
5380:
5379:
5376:, hip-hop artist
5243:
5242:
5219:, trade unionist
5134:Gabriel Gbadamosi
5093:
5092:
5013:David Livingstone
4938:
4937:
4780:
4779:
4700:, Scottish actor
4620:
4619:
4483:
4482:
4431:, astrophysicist
4325:
4324:
4240:Antonio Carluccio
4171:
4170:
4077:Leonard Bernstein
4071:Charles Hazlewood
4025:
4024:
3874:
3873:
3837:Winston Churchill
3763:Dominic Sandbrook
3708:
3707:
3571:
3570:
3539:, Spanish artist
3417:
3416:
3266:
3265:
3240:Michael O'Donnell
3129:
3128:
3120:Robert F. Kennedy
3072:Tracy-Ann Oberman
3017:Luciano Pavarotti
2989:
2988:
2835:
2834:
2744:, Finnish runner
2738:, former athlete
2681:
2680:
2655:Jacqueline Wilson
2627:Sir Richard Sykes
2605:George Cruikshank
2558:
2557:
2549:George Washington
2396:
2395:
2238:
2237:
2233:Pope John Paul II
2219:William Beveridge
2102:
2101:
2020:Eleanor Roosevelt
1959:
1958:
1790:
1789:
1778:Annie Nightingale
1692:, historian, and
1621:
1620:
1609:Frederick Forsyth
1585:Elizabeth Gaskell
1512:Charles M. Schulz
1478:, founder of the
1443:
1442:
1391:
1390:
1337:Shami Chakrabarti
1317:, American actor
1275:, captain of HMS
1226:
1225:
1203:Benjamin Disraeli
1170:Kimberley Fortier
1159:Lyndon B. Johnson
1117:Pyotr Tchaikovsky
1057:
1056:
966:, French actress
889:
888:
883:Queen Elizabeth I
750:, polar explorer
720:
719:
555:
554:
419:Sir Donald Wolfit
391:
390:
341:Swami Vivekananda
335:Rabbi Lionel Blue
241:, polar explorer
155:
154:
46:Country of origin
11742:
11072:
11071:
11041:BBC Home Service
11026:Radio 4 UK Theme
10906:The World at One
10788:Tweet of the Day
10781:Thinking Allowed
10511:Pick of the Week
10483:Brain of Britain
10469:Book of the Week
10280:
10279:
10260:
10253:
10246:
10237:
10236:
10227:
10202:
10196:
10142:Ignaz Semmelweis
10130:, Roman Emperor
10110:, film director
10075:Miriam Margolyes
10060:
10059:
10049:, businesswoman
9909:
9908:
9854:Thomas Jefferson
9772:
9771:
9731:Lady Eve Balfour
9713:, ballet dancer
9661:Stamford Raffles
9649:, German writer
9607:
9606:
9465:
9464:
9432:Chris McCausland
9318:
9317:
9282:Cressida Cowell
9164:
9163:
9038:Donald Macintyre
9027:, film director
9025:Lindsay Anderson
9004:
9003:
8923:Priyanga Burford
8877:J. R. R. Tolkien
8856:
8855:
8823:Yanis Varoufakis
8786:, master potter
8755:, tennis player
8699:
8698:
8559:
8558:
8532:Delia Derbyshire
8478:, mathematician
8456:, sixth wife of
8448:Philippa Gregory
8433:
8432:
8380:, English actor
8378:Kenneth Williams
8303:Benito Mussolini
8282:
8281:
8164:, script writer
8128:
8127:
8013:Richmal Crompton
7988:
7987:
7934:Maria Montessori
7920:Ramsay MacDonald
7900:Caroline Quentin
7838:
7837:
7769:Ferruccio Busoni
7699:Shappi Khorsandi
7684:
7683:
7534:
7533:
7461:, Olympic rower
7438:John Stuart Mill
7384:
7383:
7365:Barbara Stocking
7233:
7232:
7150:Daniel O'Connell
7096:
7095:
7077:Helena Morrissey
6993:Sathnam Sanghera
6942:
6941:
6914:, co-founder of
6900:, queen consort
6898:Emma of Normandy
6866:Shirley Chisholm
6784:
6783:
6745:, mathematician
6739:, choreographer
6647:
6646:
6634:Dadabhai Naoroji
6599:, folk musician
6558:Dag Hammarskjöld
6487:
6486:
6422:, TV presenter
6353:, film director
6351:Alfred Hitchcock
6345:Anthony Horowitz
6330:
6329:
6184:
6183:
6141:, jazz musician
6018:
6017:
5932:James Lees-Milne
5902:Bloomsbury Group
5858:
5857:
5787:, 15th -century
5779:Philippa Langley
5700:
5699:
5649:Stella Rimington
5545:
5544:
5532:Ernest Hemingway
5454:, mathematician
5452:Marcus du Sautoy
5404:, percussionist
5387:
5386:
5354:Mark Constantine
5284:Michael Horovitz
5250:
5249:
5100:
5099:
4945:
4944:
4932:William Robinson
4904:Aubrey Beardsley
4890:John Stuart Mill
4876:Grigori Rasputin
4845:Prince Alemayehu
4802:Martin Broughton
4787:
4786:
4745:, film director
4739:, film director
4730:Laurel and Hardy
4684:Sir Walter Scott
4627:
4626:
4614:Sebastian Walker
4490:
4489:
4332:
4331:
4276:, German writer
4246:Eduardo Paolozzi
4234:, American poet
4178:
4177:
4105:Kathleen Ferrier
4037:
4036:
4013:Kwame Kwei-Armah
3881:
3880:
3715:
3714:
3660:Matthew Flinders
3620:, folklore hero
3578:
3577:
3511:, Roman Emperor
3481:Vivian Stanshall
3424:
3423:
3343:, travel writer
3337:, travel writer
3296:, Poet Laureate
3290:, Poet Laureate
3273:
3272:
3260:Giovanni Falcone
3136:
3135:
3011:Harvey Goldsmith
2996:
2995:
2962:, businesswoman
2842:
2841:
2795:Nicholas Parsons
2766:, TV newsreader
2728:Charles Bukowski
2688:
2687:
2615:, travel writer
2613:Redmond O'Hanlon
2582:, impressionist
2565:
2564:
2403:
2402:
2378:, Roman Emperor
2372:, archaeologist
2245:
2244:
2109:
2108:
2076:Joanna MacGregor
2059:Lord John Biffen
2045:Elaine Showalter
1966:
1965:
1925:Tamara Karsavina
1911:Ignaz Semmelweis
1797:
1796:
1702:, Soviet writer
1628:
1627:
1540:Michael Morpurgo
1455:
1454:
1434:, Scottish poet
1411:
1410:
1357:Sir Edward Elgar
1351:Marjorie Wallace
1233:
1232:
1064:
1063:
1017:Armando Iannucci
911:Peter Bazalgette
896:
895:
823:G. K. Chesterton
742:Beryl Bainbridge
727:
726:
700:Richard Crossman
562:
561:
549:Katharine Graham
531:, sports writer
474:Frederic Raphael
432:Elizabeth Filkin
421:, actor-manager
398:
397:
351:, racing driver
313:Marshall McLuhan
301:, French artist
285:Sylvia Pankhurst
257:Édouard Michelin
199:
198:
151:
149:Podcast RSS feed
139:
123:
112:
102:Original release
27:
23:
11750:
11749:
11745:
11744:
11743:
11741:
11740:
11739:
11085:
11084:
11083:
11078:
11060:
11046:Radio 4 News FM
11010:
10978:
10931:Bells on Sunday
10918:
10828:current affairs
10827:
10821:
10592:The Bottom Line
10571:All in the Mind
10558:
10449:
10423:Book at Bedtime
10400:
10394:
10269:
10264:
10211:
10206:
10205:
10197:
10193:
10188:
10138:, neurosurgeon
10081:Charles Dickens
10058:
10035:, opera singer
10013:Hayaatun Sillem
9930:Gerard Hoffnung
9907:
9868:Harry Belafonte
9770:
9739:Chi-chi Nwanoku
9727:, dairy farmer
9689:Donella Meadows
9643:, etymologist,
9605:
9463:
9403:, President of
9401:Minette Batters
9316:
9288:Astrid Lindgren
9268:Lesley Garrett
9162:
9125:, US President
9104:Terry Christian
9096:Gil Scott-Heron
9002:
8895:Rory Sutherland
8854:
8808:, president of
8784:Josiah Wedgwood
8697:
8672:William Hazlitt
8557:
8504:Jessica Mitford
8431:
8358:Frances O'Grady
8330:Peter Frankopan
8280:
8255:Sybille Bedford
8126:
7986:
7878:Herbert Howells
7859:Robinson Crusoe
7836:
7805:Shirley Collins
7763:Kirill Gerstein
7682:
7668:Freddie Mercury
7602:Charlie Chaplin
7532:
7501:Mark Carwardine
7446:Patricia Greene
7382:
7343:Josephine Baker
7315:Richard Feynman
7267:Ayesha Hazarika
7231:
7130:Cornelia Parker
7094:
7041:Elsie Widdowson
7021:Tracy Chevalier
6963:Ellen Wilkinson
6940:
6886:, Lakota chief
6880:, screenwriter
6860:Peaches Golding
6782:
6771:Pope John XXIII
6645:
6603:Caroline Norton
6589:Cicely Saunders
6577:, psychologist
6552:Georgina Godwin
6485:
6474:Joseph Grimaldi
6450:, chair of the
6408:, SAS commando
6370:Lucrezia Borgia
6364:Nancy Dell'Olio
6328:
6314:Abraham Lincoln
6263:Martin Jennings
6255:Wangari Maathai
6227:Gertrude Jekyll
6182:
6139:Thelonious Monk
6058:Melina Mercouri
6016:
6007:, crime writer
6001:, crime writer
5974:John Gil Winant
5873:Trevor McDonald
5856:
5789:King of England
5698:
5661:, crime writer
5621:Tom Shakespeare
5560:Jonathan Meades
5543:
5466:Deborah Moggach
5427:Dante Alighieri
5385:
5248:
5098:
5081:Dr Lucy Worsley
5035:Justine Roberts
5021:Gyles Brandreth
4985:Galileo Galilei
4943:
4870:Richard Herring
4821:Francesca Simon
4785:
4769:The Beauty Myth
4698:Leonard Maguire
4625:
4488:
4357:science fiction
4330:
4232:Emily Dickinson
4176:
4035:
3977:J. B. Priestley
3949:Sammy Davis Jr.
3902:Malcolm McLaren
3879:
3713:
3674:Charlotte Guest
3662:, cartographer
3632:Douglas Jardine
3576:
3559:Richard Dawkins
3533:, photographer
3449:King of England
3422:
3411:Rudyard Kipling
3379:, TV presenter
3357:, Welsh artist
3355:Kyffin Williams
3321:George Galloway
3271:
3134:
3124:John F. Kennedy
3114:Ken Livingstone
3100:Rachel De Thame
2994:
2983:William Hogarth
2948:, army general
2840:
2825:, crime writer
2686:
2607:, caricaturist
2563:
2535:Elizabeth David
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10033:Maria Callas
10029:, Labour MP
9965:, architect
9963:Antoni GaudĂ
9896:Alan Freeman
9876:Niamh Cusack
9862:Mr Motivator
9787:Walter Murch
9697:Chris Watson
9685:, scientist
9683:Kate Raworth
9669:Sophie Scott
9622:Ellie Gibson
9555:Jesse Norman
9501:, historian
9424:Roger Deakin
9366:Noddy Holder
9352:Olivia Laing
9299:Bonnie Greer
9240:Kate Bingham
9226:John Timpson
9218:Ravi Shankar
9198:Holly Walsh
9185:Johan Cruyff
9153:, film-star
9151:Judy Garland
9082:Ira Aldridge
9068:Puffin Books
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8982:Henry Normal
8968:Roma Agrawal
8960:Lady Rhondda
8915:Jeanne Baret
8909:Nina Sosanya
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8879:, author of
8873:, historian
8798:Ewan MacColl
8792:Peggy Seeger
8767:Frantz Fanon
8747:Devi Sridhar
8741:, violinist
8735:, violinist
8610:Eddie Piller
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8582:, author of
8546:Cesar Chavez
8500:, barrister
8490:Hugh Dowding
8484:Diane Morgan
8476:Frank Ramsey
8472:, professor
8416:, historian
8414:Michael Wood
8408:, economist
8400:James Graham
8386:David Adjaye
8364:Ernest Bevin
8350:Donna Summer
8332:, historian
8249:Sara Wheeler
8209:, TV author
8207:Daniel Rigby
8199:Maya Angelou
8195:, historian
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8168:Tove Jansson
8149:Jim Morrison
8003:Peter Oborne
7749:Ian McMillan
7737:, historian
7707:, spouse of
7630:Oliver Sacks
7574:Evelyn Waugh
7568:Russell Kane
7549:Samira Ahmed
7503:, zoologist
7489:, barrister
7487:Cherie Blair
7475:, historian
7459:Helen Glover
7418:Erica Wagner
7329:Orson Welles
7323:Simon Callow
7297:, professor
7281:Adrian Utley
7220:Nikola Tesla
7214:Liza Tarbuck
7202:, historian
7188:, Labour MP
7174:, presenter
7152:, Barrister
7111:Will Gregory
7079:, City boss
7055:Muhammad Ali
7051:, Economist
7043:, dietitian
7013:Norman Lewis
7007:Don McCullin
6957:Maxine Peake
6929:Andy Kaufman
6894:, columnist
6884:Sitting Bull
6807:, architect
6765:Chris Patten
6725:, historian
6701:Dinu Lipatti
6681:Ben Kingsley
6597:Eliza Carthy
6521:Alex Salmond
6502:Hilary Devey
6468:Frank Turner
6398:Zohra Sehgal
6297:Jeff Buckley
6277:Susan Calman
6153:Bram Fischer
6147:Nick Stadlen
6125:Labour Party
6084:Ade Adepitan
6033:Ian McKellen
5999:Val McDermid
5781:, historian
5744:Little Women
5743:
5721:Emil Zátopek
5715:Arthur Smith
5687:Lucille Ball
5599:Ida B. Wells
5566:Edward Burra
5435:Mark Walport
5318:Le Corbusier
5314:, architect
5292:, Beat poet
5209:Ada Lovelace
5189:Peter Bowles
5148:Tanika Gupta
5121:Ivor Novello
5045:Bill Shankly
5038:
4831:Jean Cocteau
4825:Horrid Henry
4808:Dick Francis
4751:Alan Johnson
4678:Rory Stewart
4648:Henry Cooper
4594:Diana Athill
4580:Eric Pickles
4566:Alexei Sayle
4552:Tom Robinson
4511:Dylan Thomas
4457:Clare Gerada
4449:Gracie Allen
4443:Emma Kennedy
4398:Brian Sewell
4290:, architect
4274:Hans Fallada
4159:Diane Abbott
4151:Jack Johnson
4145:Matthew Syed
4122:
4121:, author of
4073:, conductor
3957:Neil Kinnock
3943:Lionel Blair
3797:Eleanor Bron
3784:Kids Company
3765:, historian
3751:, historian
3696:Viv Anderson
3684:, physicist
3531:David Bailey
3523:Lise Meitner
3489:Munira Mirza
3391:Paul Daniels
3254:Misha Glenny
3246:Fred Astaire
3212:Colin Murray
3192:, conductor
3184:David Mellor
3108:, ballerina
3092:Tony Hancock
3052:, columnist
2977:
2976:, editor of
2946:Mike Jackson
2938:David Ervine
2896:Robert Hooke
2823:Colin Dexter
2788:Joy Division
2770:Paul Robeson
2675:Hermann Buhl
2647:Groucho Marx
2521:Brian Clough
2507:Lord Denning
2469:Alex Moulton
2384:Phil Hammond
2362:Claude McKay
2310:Pallab Ghosh
2296:William Boyd
2266:Joe Strummer
2090:Adair Turner
1987:Leon Trotsky
1933:Piers Morgan
1919:Anna Raeburn
1845:Julian Clary
1831:Jeff Randall
1662:Carole Stone
1581:, historian
1565:Yvonne Brown
1526:Douglas Dunn
1515:
1476:Genghis Khan
1432:Robert Burns
1387:, privateer
1287:Vivien Leigh
1276:
1267:Baroness Jay
1248:Dillie Keane
1220:Joseph Banks
1216:, scientist
1183:Richard Eyre
1131:Thomas Paine
1113:, economist
1103:Ernest Bevin
1097:Denis Healey
1009:Tommy Cooper
992:Octavia Hill
972:Brian Keenan
958:Jenny Eclair
950:Flora Sandes
652:Ahdaf Soueif
624:Bea Campbell
543:Kirsty Young
501:Chris Barber
438:George Eliot
158:
157:
156:
62:Home station
38:Running time
18:
10774:The Reunion
10662:In Our Time
10655:In Business
10648:Great Lives
10462:A Good Read
10444:Short Works
10409:The Archers
10267:BBC Radio 4
10216:Great Lives
10199:Great Lives
10174:Jane Morris
10168:Anneka Rice
10152:, comedian
10136:Henry Marsh
10094:Zing Tsjeng
10041:Mary Portas
9985:James Dyson
9926:, comedian
9898:, radio DJ
9892:, radio DJ
9882:Mary Oliver
9848:Jimmy Wales
9840:Eartha Kitt
9741:, musician
9703:Ludwig Koch
9699:, musician
9657:, diplomat
9647:Thomas Mann
9624:, comedian
9590:, novelist
9588:Jake Arnott
9561:Edward Coke
9535:, musician
9533:Frank Zappa
9529:, comedian
9527:John Robins
9486:Arthur Ashe
9446:Adjoa Andoh
9438:Kurt Cobain
9434:, comedian
9379:Rock'n'roll
9375:Chuck Berry
9339:Alla Horska
9248:, chemist
9206:, novelist
9147:, novelist
9137:Joan Rhodes
9119:, comedian
9109:Tony Wilson
9052:Janet Ellis
8903:, musician
8837:Ruth Rogers
8630:Ivor Cutler
8624:KT Tunstall
8616:Kenny Lynch
8604:, novelist
8576:, director
8540:Cori Crider
8534:, composer
8486:, comedian
8450:, novelist
8374:, comedian
8344:Jessie Ware
8322:Frida Kahlo
8235:Anand Menon
8223:, comedian
8215:, comedian
8181:, musician
8109:Andi Oliver
8097:, comedian
8069:, comedian
8067:Bill Bailey
8061:, novelist
8059:Enid Blyton
7958:, comedian
7880:, composer
7853:Lucy Irvine
7783:Jane Austen
7771:, composer
7741:Aethelflaed
7735:Tom Holland
7721:Helen Lewis
7709:Lord Nelson
7701:, comedian
7638:Rohan Silva
7598:, comedian
7473:Greg Jenner
7434:, comedian
7432:Simon Evans
7407:, musician
7405:David Bowie
7357:Hedy Lamarr
7309:Tej Lalvani
7301:Audre Lorde
7287:Miles Davis
7283:, musician
7172:Helen Arney
7158:Nazir Afzal
7132:, sculptor
7119:, novelist
7113:, musician
7027:Mary Anning
7023:, novelist
7001:, explorer
6976:Stephen Fry
6892:Sue Cameron
6826:, sculptor
6759:, composer
6757:Lionel Bart
6751:Len Goodman
6731:, novelist
6729:C. S. Lewis
6687:Elie Wiesel
6664:, comedian
6662:Lucy Porter
6571:, comedian
6538:Sara Pascoe
6530:Thomas Muir
6476:, comedian
6406:Graeme Lamb
6386:, Comedian
6384:Lenny Bruce
6380:, Comedian
6378:Ray Peacock
6265:, sculptor
6199:Dickie Bird
6103:, novelist
6088:Paralympian
6052:Vicky Pryce
6005:P. D. James
5923:Helen Ghosh
5915:Zoran Mušič
5824:Mervyn King
5816:Nora Ephron
5810:Eve Pollard
5802:Guy Burgess
5785:Richard III
5765:Tom Solomon
5753:, musician
5734:Laura Bates
5717:, comedian
5655:and writer
5635:Labi Siffre
5585:James Brown
5508:Emma Kirkby
5494:John Craven
5468:, novelist
5444:Hans Sloane
5348:, comedian
5334:, novelist
5332:John Updike
5328:, comedian
5300:, novelist
5233:, comedian
5167:Ava Gardner
5015:, explorer
5009:, explorer
4966:George Bell
4926:Carol Klein
4872:, comedian
4839:Lemn Sissay
4743:Karel Reisz
4726:Stan Laurel
4722:, comedian
4708:, comedian
4608:Lynn Barber
4572:Edward Said
4568:, comedian
4538:Erin Pizzey
4530:Oscar Wilde
4505:Owen Sheers
4451:, comedian
4429:Martin Rees
4298:, musician
4212:Janice Long
4193:Tim Butcher
4137:Petra Kelly
4113:Lynne Truss
4085:Diana Quick
3973:, comedian
3971:Barry Cryer
3923:, novelist
3915:John Hegley
3870:, animator
3868:Walt Disney
3828:Digby Jones
3803:Simone Weil
3738:, musician
3736:John Lennon
3730:John Harris
3654:Stuart Rose
3626:Peter White
3593:John Godber
3547:, composer
3441:, explorer
3393:, magician
3377:Kate Humble
3349:Rolf Harris
3341:Freya Stark
3176:Roy Jenkins
3151:Stuart Hall
3078:Bette Davis
3050:Beachcomber
3036:Billy Marsh
2978:Private Eye
2884:, comedian
2876:David Lammy
2801:Edward Lear
2742:Paavo Nurmi
2724:, comedian
2703:Mark Gatiss
2669:Joe Simpson
2641:Roger Graef
2515:John Motson
2471:, engineer
2342:Fiona Bruce
2320:Marie Curie
2262:, comedian
2185:Alan Davies
2157:Kathy Sykes
2082:Nina Simone
2037:W. H. Auden
2031:Jeremy Vine
2008:, comedian
1939:W. G. Grace
1873:Ivan Massow
1859:Craig Brown
1851:Noël Coward
1847:, comedian
1756:Nevil Shute
1714:Zhao Ziyang
1696:, novelist
1684:, composer
1678:, composer
1668:R. D. Laing
1643:Kathy Lette
1611:, novelist
1593:Lord Powell
1587:, novelist
1520:cartoonist
1498:George Sand
1470:Joe Queenan
1426:Eddi Reader
1359:, composer
1329:Marvin Gaye
1141:, explorer
1119:, composer
1085:Machiavelli
1033:, comedian
1031:Linda Smith
1025:, novelist
986:Brenda Dean
960:, comedian
917:Noël Coward
831:Stacey Kent
803:Steve Jones
744:, novelist
716:, explorer
694:Tam Dalyell
658:Umm Kulthum
644:M. R. James
638:Muriel Gray
610:Darcus Howe
579:, comedian
440:, novelist
413:Ned Sherrin
376:Lord Tebbit
327:H. G. Wells
164:BBC Radio 4
159:Great Lives
124:of episodes
94:Produced by
66:BBC Radio 4
54:Language(s)
25:Great Lives
11089:Categories
11031:Sailing By
10760:Soul Music
10599:Case Notes
10504:Loose Ends
10399:Drama and
10382:The Skewer
10275:Programmes
10221:BBC Online
10186:References
10102:, painter
10077:, actress
10069:Presenter
10005:Queen Emma
9918:Presenter
9890:Simon Mayo
9834:Faye Tozer
9826:JG Ballard
9814:, aviator
9781:Presenter
9677:, actress
9641:Susie Dent
9616:Presenter
9580:Terry Hall
9574:Jon Ronson
9567:Ian Hislop
9547:Kofi Annan
9474:Presenter
9418:Nick Hayes
9393:Matt Busby
9387:Bob Harris
9327:Presenter
9254:Romy Gill
9204:BS Johnson
9200:, actress
9173:Presenter
9145:Susie Boyt
9117:Rob Newman
9060:presenter
9057:Blue Peter
9013:Presenter
8865:Presenter
8708:Presenter
8666:Ben Miller
8652:Arlo Parks
8568:Presenter
8458:Henry VIII
8442:Presenter
8291:Presenter
8143:Rick Stein
8137:Presenter
8095:Josie Long
8081:Ken Clarke
8031:Lee Miller
7997:Presenter
7956:Sindhu Vee
7950:, actress
7944:, actress
7942:Fiona Shaw
7902:, actress
7847:Presenter
7811:Alan Lomax
7693:Presenter
7662:Matt Lucas
7655:Lotus Cars
7596:Mark Steel
7543:Presenter
7479:Gene Kelly
7401:, writer
7393:Presenter
7359:, actress
7351:Suzy Klein
7337:Mica Paris
7248:Vic Reeves
7242:Presenter
7216:, actress
7105:Presenter
6951:Presenter
6912:Steve Jobs
6834:, soprano
6793:Presenter
6737:Akram Khan
6668:Cary Grant
6656:Presenter
6611:A. A. Gill
6585:, actress
6569:Tony Hawks
6510:, actress
6496:Presenter
6457:George Fox
6394:, actress
6339:Presenter
6283:Molly Weir
6235:Alvin Hall
6218:Roger Saul
6193:Presenter
6101:Monica Ali
6027:Presenter
5946:John Clare
5940:Wendy Cope
5867:Presenter
5833:Risto Ryti
5771:Roald Dahl
5709:Presenter
5681:Edith Hall
5554:Presenter
5480:Isy Suttie
5421:Sarah Vine
5410:, cellist
5396:Presenter
5346:Dave Allen
5298:Meg Rosoff
5265:Ricky Ross
5259:Presenter
5203:Konnie Huq
5175:Paul Mason
5109:Presenter
5073:Primo Levi
4954:Presenter
4912:Grace Dent
4884:Max Mosley
4796:Presenter
4765:Naomi Wolf
4669:, wife of
4636:Presenter
4499:Presenter
4445:, actress
4411:Jim Carter
4341:Presenter
4187:Presenter
4087:, actress
4046:Presenter
4005:Mary Stott
3890:Presenter
3817:Golda Meir
3799:, actress
3724:Presenter
3688:Carl Sagan
3640:John Lloyd
3618:Robin Hood
3587:Presenter
3519:, actress
3475:Neil Innes
3433:Presenter
3405:John Major
3282:Presenter
3145:Presenter
3074:, actress
3058:David Soul
3005:Presenter
2974:Ian Hislop
2910:Alan Freed
2904:Bob Harris
2851:Presenter
2784:Ian Curtis
2736:Steve Cram
2697:Presenter
2588:, actress
2586:Thora Hird
2580:Jan Ravens
2574:Presenter
2529:Prue Leith
2418:Jude Kelly
2412:Presenter
2254:Presenter
2118:Presenter
2078:, pianist
2006:Max Miller
1975:Presenter
1889:, athlete
1814:, actress
1806:Presenter
1637:Presenter
1492:Mary Kenny
1464:Presenter
1420:Presenter
1323:Tim Marlow
1289:, actress
1242:Presenter
1073:Presenter
1045:Ann Leslie
930:Kit Wright
905:Presenter
809:James Hogg
795:Bob Marley
736:Presenter
680:Steve Bell
668:, chemist
571:Presenter
535:Tom Spring
521:Lord Byron
448:, cellist
407:Presenter
321:Fay Weldon
208:Presenter
190:Programmes
33:discussion
21:Radio show
10923:Religious
10864:File on 4
10746:Open Book
10725:Money Box
10697:Last Word
10634:Front Row
10124:, writer
10083:, writer
9979:, writer
9977:E. Nesbit
9973:, writer
9842:, singer
9836:, singer
9828:, writer
9820:John Gray
9753:Ken Loach
9719:, dancer
9628:Tony Benn
9480:Qasa Alom
9354:, writer
9179:Pat Nevin
9090:Joe Swift
9064:Kaye Webb
9019:Brian Cox
8954:Lady Hale
8722:, author
8716:, author
8660:, singer
8372:Tom Allen
8318:, author
8269:Doris Day
8265:, author
8257:, author
8251:, author
8227:Myrna Loy
7971:, author
7914:Shaun Ley
7821:, writer
7793:, artist
7785:, writer
7757:, writer
7612:, author
7509:, writer
7206:Herodotus
6916:Apple Inc
6854:, golfer
6848:, dancer
6799:Gary Kemp
6753:, dancer
6619:, former
6613:, writer
6546:, writer
6366:, lawyer
6159:activist
6157:apartheid
6068:, former
5826:, former
5751:Brian Eno
5651:, former
5607:Ray Mears
5593:Oona King
5568:, artist
5231:Al Murray
5163:, writer
5140:Fela Kuti
5029:, author
4759:, writer
4642:Des Lynam
4586:John Ford
4524:Will Self
4423:musician
4268:Simon Day
4248:, artist
3839:, former
3819:, former
3682:Brian Cox
3461:Rich Hall
3313:Joe Slovo
3204:Carl Jung
3086:Pam Ayres
2952:Bill Slim
2924:Henry VII
2764:Anna Ford
2663:, writer
2489:John Cage
2457:Rembrandt
2348:Mata Hari
2298:, author
2270:The Clash
2215:, author
2213:Anne Fine
1953:Robin Day
1744:, writer
1645:, writer
1567:, lawyer
1534:, writer
1500:, writer
1494:, author
1177:, writer
1039:, singer
974:, writer
944:Kate Adie
932:, writer
868:, former
825:, writer
708:Greg Dyke
323:, writer
222:, former
113:of series
72:Hosted by
11074:Category
10826:News and
10669:In Touch
10620:Feedback
10578:Analysis
10476:Bookclub
10291:Bunk Bed
10150:Jo Brand
10066:Nominee
10007:, Queen
9915:Nominee
9878:, actor
9778:Nominee
9613:Nominee
9594:John Gay
9471:Nominee
9448:, actor
9381:pioneer
9324:Nominee
9170:Nominee
9133:, actor
9084:, actor
9021:, actor
9010:Nominee
8956:, judge
8939:, MD of
8925:, actor
8911:, actor
8862:Nominee
8705:Nominee
8565:Nominee
8528:, actor
8514:, actor
8439:Nominee
8420:Xuanzang
8288:Nominee
8134:Nominee
7994:Nominee
7872:Ed Balls
7844:Nominee
7690:Nominee
7582:Tim Smit
7540:Nominee
7448:, actor
7390:Nominee
7325:, actor
7239:Nominee
7102:Nominee
6959:, actor
6948:Nominee
6923:Iain Lee
6790:Nominee
6683:, actor
6653:Nominee
6591:, nurse
6493:Nominee
6448:Ann Limb
6336:Nominee
6190:Nominee
6035:, actor
6024:Nominee
5864:Nominee
5706:Nominee
5579:Jazzie B
5551:Nominee
5393:Nominee
5368:Sara Cox
5340:Adil Ray
5256:Nominee
5191:, actor
5106:Nominee
4951:Nominee
4793:Nominee
4720:Ken Dodd
4694:, actor
4633:Nominee
4496:Nominee
4413:, actor
4349:, actor
4338:Nominee
4184:Nominee
4043:Nominee
3887:Nominee
3721:Nominee
3584:Nominee
3430:Nominee
3279:Nominee
3198:Ruby Wax
3142:Nominee
3060:, actor
3002:Nominee
2857:Jon Snow
2848:Nominee
2711:, actor
2694:Nominee
2571:Nominee
2551:, first
2509:, judge
2409:Nominee
2251:Nominee
2193:, actor
2173:, actor
2124:Joe Boyd
2115:Nominee
1972:Nominee
1803:Nominee
1649:Mae West
1634:Nominee
1461:Nominee
1417:Nominee
1239:Nominee
1214:Lord May
1111:Ruth Lea
1070:Nominee
1037:Ian Dury
902:Nominee
733:Nominee
568:Nominee
515:Sue Limb
404:Nominee
205:Nominee
10795:Uncanny
10563:Factual
10401:fiction
10162:singer
9884:, poet
9262:, poet
9070:editor
8984:, poet
8941:Iceland
8829:Hypatia
8779:V&A
8688:, king
8172:Moomins
8145:, chef
8111:, chef
7751:, poet
6773:, pope
6630:, chef
6605:, poet
6461:Quakers
6428:, King
6316:, 16th
6072:leader
5992:Braille
5942:, poet
5627:Gramsci
5362:, poet
5286:, poet
5055:, poet
5039:Mumsnet
4712:Juvenal
4421:skiffle
4359:writer
4228:, poet
3917:, poet
3771:, 37th
3445:Henry V
3088:, poet
2926:, king
2780:, poet
2364:, poet
2039:, poet
1600:, 40th
1528:, poet
1517:Peanuts
1161:, 36th
672:Spinoza
523:, poet
168:Bristol
144:Podcast
137:Website
132:Website
57:English
41:28 mins
10966:Sunday
10283:Comedy
10063:Guest
10015:, CEO
9912:Guest
9775:Guest
9610:Guest
9468:Guest
9321:Guest
9167:Guest
9007:Guest
8859:Guest
8702:Guest
8562:Guest
8436:Guest
8285:Guest
8131:Guest
7991:Guest
7841:Guest
7687:Guest
7537:Guest
7387:Guest
7236:Guest
7099:Guest
6986:Jeeves
6945:Guest
6840:, nun
6787:Guest
6650:Guest
6490:Guest
6414:, spy
6333:Guest
6187:Guest
6021:Guest
5861:Guest
5804:, spy
5703:Guest
5613:Rommel
5548:Guest
5526:Python
5390:Guest
5253:Guest
5103:Guest
4948:Guest
4827:books
4790:Guest
4630:Guest
4493:Guest
4335:Guest
4181:Guest
4040:Guest
3884:Guest
3755:Sappho
3718:Guest
3581:Guest
3427:Guest
3276:Guest
3139:Guest
2999:Guest
2845:Guest
2691:Guest
2568:Guest
2406:Guest
2288:Tintin
2248:Guest
2112:Guest
1969:Guest
1899:actor
1897:Tarzan
1800:Guest
1631:Guest
1514:, the
1458:Guest
1414:Guest
1277:Beagle
1236:Guest
1067:Guest
899:Guest
730:Guest
565:Guest
401:Guest
202:Guest
11019:Other
10983:Other
10885:Today
10430:Drama
10160:blues
9370:Slade
7672:Queen
253:André
162:is a
30:Genre
10178:muse
10128:Nero
8992:Goon
7644:and
5843:and
3509:Nero
2501:Blur
850:the
255:and
10219:at
9405:NFU
6870:Dem
6309:MI5
3832:CBI
2314:BBC
127:282
122:No.
111:No.
11091::
10878:PM
10158:,
9377:,
9066:,
9054:,
6872:)
6560:,
6523:,
6123:,
5839:,
5835:,
5524:,
5437:,
4419:,
4355:,
4304:,
3447:,
2312:,
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1716:,
178:,
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10252:t
10245:v
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