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Dorothy Parker
Writer and actress Helen Lederer nominates the writer-poet Dorothy Parker.
Nevil Shute
Historian and broadcaster Adam Hart-Davis nominates the author Nevil Shute.
Beatrix Potter
Fiona Reynolds, former director of the National Trust, chooses writer Beatrix Potter
Thomas Cromwell
Historian and author Derek Wilson proposes 16th century politician Thomas Cromwell.
Zhao Ziyang
Robert Thomson maps the rise and fall of the reforming Chinese premier Zhao Ziyang.
Vasily Grossman
Francine Stock presents a discussion about the Soviet writer Vasily Grossman.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Composer Howard Goodall champions the composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.
R D Laing
Francine Stock presents a discussion about the Glaswegian psychiatrist R D Laing.
Mae West
Writer Kathy Lette proposes the blondest bombshell of them all, Mae West.
Duke of Wellington
Francine Stock presents a discussion about the first Duke of Wellington.
