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John H Hammond
Joe Boyd shines a spotlight on the career of record producer John H Hammond.
Charles Darwin
Businessman and academic Adair Turner talks about the life of Charles Darwin.
Nina Simone
Joanna Macgregor nominates the chanteuse and civil rights activist Nina Simone.
Stanley Baldwin
Former minister Lord John Biffen nominates Conservative Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin.
Julia Ward-Howe
Elaine Showalter nominates the 19th-century American writer Julia Ward-Howe.
WH Auden
Broadcaster Jeremy Vine chooses the poet, WH Auden.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Civil liberties lawyer Helena Kennedy nominates Eleanor Roosevelt.
Max Miller
Garry Bushell nominates the 'cheeky chappie' who portrayed the voice of the working class
Leon Trotsky
Christopher Hitchens nominates Leon Trotsky, hero of the Russian Revolution.
Robin Day
News presenter Krishnan Guru-Murthy nominates his illustrious predecessor Robin Day.
