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Lord Byron
Sue Limb nominates 'mad, bad and dangerous to know' poet, Lord Byron.
Louis Armstrong
Band leader Chris Barber chooses legendary jazz trumpeter, Louis Armstrong.
Alexander the Great
Writer Frederic Raphael chooses part man, part myth Alexander the Great.
Viscount Slim
Lord Carrington and Lord John Slim discuss military leader, Field-Marshal Viscount Slim.
Franz Schubert
Cellist Steven Isserlis and musicologist Brian Newbould on the composer Franz Schubert.
George Eliot
Ex-parliamentary standards commissioner Elizabeth Filkin chooses novelist George Eliot.
Sir Donald Wolfit
Humphrey Carpenter invites Ned Sherrin to discuss actor Sir Donald Wolfit.
King Hussein
Jackie Stewart discusses his good friend King Hussein of Jordan with writer Patrick Seale.
Vivekananda
Rabbi Lionel Blue and Gwilym Beckerlegge discuss Swami Vivekananda.
HG Wells
Writer Fay Weldon and biographer Vincent Brome discuss the life of the visionary novelist.
