391 Episodes

  1. Oliver Postgate

    Published: 11/3/2025
  2. Sylvia Plath

    Published: 10/27/2025
  3. Elizabeth Day on Hatshepsut

    Published: 10/20/2025
  4. Comedian Stewart Lee on Derek Bailey

    Published: 10/13/2025
  5. Jock Stein, first British football manager to win the European Cup

    Published: 10/6/2025
  6. Benjamin Franklin

    Published: 9/29/2025
  7. Miles Jupp on JL Carr, author of A Month in the Country

    Published: 9/22/2025
  8. Helen Castor on Richard II

    Published: 9/15/2025
  9. DJ Deb Grant on John Prine

    Published: 9/8/2025
  10. Sir Seretse Khama, first president of Botswana

    Published: 6/30/2025
  11. Emily Williamson, co-founder of the RSPB

    Published: 6/23/2025
  12. Tina Turner

    Published: 6/16/2025
  13. Raymond Blanc on Professor Nicholas Kurti

    Published: 6/9/2025
  14. Dervla Murphy, author of the classic Full Tilt

    Published: 6/2/2025
  15. Ned Ludd mythical leader of the Luddites

    Published: 5/26/2025
  16. Richey Edwards of The Manic Street Preachers

    Published: 5/19/2025
  17. Benny Hill

    Published: 5/12/2025
  18. Maggi Hambling picks muse and lover Henrietta Moraes

    Published: 5/5/2025
  19. Harriet Harman on Maria Callas

    Published: 4/29/2025
  20. Kate Raworth on Donella Meadows

    Published: 4/9/2025

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