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Michael Holding
Season 2 Episode 68
As a professional cricketer he was nicknamed ‘Whispering Death’ for his light-footed, silent run up to the bowling crease. As a commentator he was kn…
4 years, 3 months ago
Jimmy Carr
Season 2 Episode 67
When he was 25 years old, Jimmy Carr realised that material wealth would not bring him happiness. He decided to sack off his safe job in middle manag…
4 years, 3 months ago
Kim Leadbeater
Season 2 Episode 66
She would not have become an MP were it not for her sister, Jo Cox who was murdered on a street in Birstall, West Yorkshire in 2016 by a white suprem…
4 years, 4 months ago
Joe Tracini
Season 2 Episode 65
Joe Tracini was only 18 months old when he first performed on stage with his Dad, Joe Pasquale. By the time he was 15 he was named as the most promis…
4 years, 4 months ago
Bernardine Evaristo
Season 2 Episode 64
When Bernardine Evaristo was in her thirties she decided she wanted to win the Booker Prize. After breaking away from her career in theatre, Evaristo…
4 years, 4 months ago
Waheed Arian
Season 2 Episode 63
Waheed Arian spent his childhood fleeing the war zones of Afghanistan. After recovering from an almost fatal illness at a Pakistan refugee camp as a …
4 years, 4 months ago
Angela Rayner
Season 2 Episode 62
The Deputy Leader of the Labour party was brought up by a parent who could not read or write. After getting pregnant and leaving school aged 16, Ange…
4 years, 5 months ago
Joe Mulhall
Season 2 Episode 61
In the run up to the 2016 Trump election, Joe Mulhall of Surrey, England managed to convince the American white supremacist terrorist group, the Ku K…
4 years, 5 months ago
Brian May
Season 2 Episode 60
For 20 years, Queen guitarist and astrophysicist, Brian May had been too busy to realise that he didn’t belong to a record label. Then at the height …
4 years, 5 months ago
Jolyon Maugham
Season 2 Episode 59
After leading a series of successful challenges to the Brexit process, Jolyon Maugham QC was thrust into the limelight and depicted by right-wing Bre…
4 years, 5 months ago