Great Lives Episodes Available now
JRR Tolkien, creator of The Hobbit
Niall Ferguson chooses JRR Tolkien, creator of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings
Ruth Rogers on James Baldwin
Ruth Rogers chooses the life of writer James Baldwin.
Yanis Varoufakis on Hypatia
The life and brutal death of a gifted mathematician and philosopher from the ancient world
Dorothy Byrne on Catherine of Siena
The president of Murray Edwards College, Cambridge champions the life of the Italian saint
Peggy Seeger on her husband Ewan MacColl
Peggy Seeger picks her long time partner, Ewan MacColl, folk singer and labour activist.
Josiah Wedgwood
Tristram Hunt on Josiah Wedgwood, vase maker general to the universe!
Frantz Fanon
The anti-colonial writer and psychiatrist from Martinique is the choice of Lindsay Johns
Althea Gibson
The first black tennis player to win Wimbledon is the choice of Professor Devi Sridhar.
Yehudi Menuhin
Violinist Tasmin Little on her hero, Sir Yehudi Menuhin.
Hans Christian Andersen
Author of The Little Mermaid and The Emperor's New Clothes, he was 'a very strange orchid'
