Podcast Episodes

Anton Du Beke on Arnold Palmer

Strictly Come Dancing's Anton Du Beke chooses the golf legend Arnold Palmer as his great life. Along with the sports broadcaster John Inverdale, he s…

9 years, 1 month ago

Ermonela Jaho on Mother Teresa

Since her death in 1997, it's been fashionable in some quarters to decry the work of Mother Teresa among India's poor.

Fellow Albanian - opera singer…

9 years, 1 month ago

Germaine Greer on Dame Elizabeth Frink

Germaine Greer nominates sculptor Dame Elizabeth Frink

She was best known for striking sculptures ranging from horses and goats, to wild eagles and di…

9 years, 1 month ago

Gary Kemp on EW Godwin

Gary Kemp, songwriter and guitarist with hit 1980s band Spandau Ballet, chooses the architect and designer Edward William Godwin as his great life.

G…

9 years, 1 month ago

Chris Patten on Pope John XXIII

Chris Patten, Lord Patten of Barnes, nominates a great life who was born a peasant and became a Pope.

Pope John XXIII did well at school but was no s…

9 years, 4 months ago

Len Goodman on Lionel Bart

Len Goodman's great life was one of the biggest figures in creating British musicals and pop music in the 1960's.

The writer and lyricist behind the …

9 years, 4 months ago

Akram Khan on Srinivasa Ramanujan

In 1914, a self-taught Mathematics student named Ramanujan left India for Trinity College Cambridge.

Here, alongside the celebrated English mathematic…

9 years, 4 months ago

Suzannah Lipscomb on CS Lewis

Step though the wardrobe - as historian Suzannah Lipscomb selects the creator of the Narnia Chronicles, CS Lewis.

The writer was a fascinating and ex…

9 years, 4 months ago

Ruth Holdaway on Helen Rollason

Ruth Holdaway - the former Chief Executive of Women in Sport - picks pioneering sports broadcaster Helen Rollason.

Helen trained as a teacher, but af…

9 years, 4 months ago

Orlando Murrin on Dinu Lipatti

For many piano music lovers, Dinu Lipatti [1917-1950], the Romanian concert pianist, stands head and shoulders above others.

Dinu lived during a time…

9 years, 5 months ago