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AE Housman
Author Colin Dexter nominates scholar and poet, AE Housman.
Joyce Grenfell
Arabella Weir nominates Joyce Grenfell. Biographer Janie Hampton assists.
Edward Lear
Nicholas Parsons nominates Edward Lear, now remembered best for his nonsense verse.
Ian Curtis
Poet Simon Armitage nominates Joy Division singer Ian Curtis.
Paul Robeson
Anna Ford nominates singer, actor and civil rights activist Paul Robeson.
Juan Manuel Fangio
Sir Stirling Moss selects racing drivers' driver, Juan Manuel Fangio.
Paavo Nurmi
Former athlete Steve Cram nominates 鈥楩lying Finn鈥� Paavo Nurmi. Matthew Parris presents.
Charles Bukowski
Comedian Rhona Cameron chooses the German-American writer and poet, Charles Bukowski.
Peter Cushing
Actor and writer Mark Gatiss chooses horror film star, Peter Cushing.
Hermann Buhl
Mountaineer Joe Simpson takes up the cause of the pioneering Austrian climber Hermann Buhl
