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Marshall McLuhan
Kim Henry Veltman joins director Jonathan Miller to discuss the Canadian writer on media.
Henri Matisse
Writer Frank Delaney and biographer Hilary Spurling discuss the painter Henri Matisse
Sylvia Pankhurst
Barbara Castle and biographer Mary Davis discuss the life of suffragette Sylvia Pankhurst.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Cartoonist Ralph Steadman and translator Adam Czerniawski discuss the philosopher's life.
Michelin Brothers
Sir Terence Conran nominates the Michelin brothers, makers of the pneumatic tyre.
Sir Ernest Shackleton
The polar explorer's life is scrutinised by Rosie Boycott and his granddaughter Alexandra.
Clement Attlee
Bookseller Tim Waterstone and biographer Ben Pimlott discuss the former prime minister.
