The lives and legacies of notable Americans explored, from George Washington to Eleanor Roosevelt and Ella Fitzgerald to Charles Schultz.
Ivan Massow nominates the great jazz singer, with expert advice from Cleo Laine.
Journalist Camilla Wright nominates the war reporter Martha Gellhorn for greatness.
British General Sir Michael Rose selects 'Father of the American Nation' George Washington
Roger Graef champions the great comic Groucho Marx.
Historian Dominic Sandbrook discusses the life of Richard Nixon.
Conductor Charles Hazlewood chooses Leonard Bernstein.
Lord Powell nominates Ronald Reagan for great life status.
Martin Smith, the Chairman of English National Opera proposes John D Rockefeller.
Times journalist Valerie Grove nominates the 'Peanuts' cartoonist Charles M Schulz.
Writer and actress Helen Lederer nominates the writer-poet Dorothy Parker.
Civil liberties lawyer Helena Kennedy nominates Eleanor Roosevelt.
