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Joe Farman, Dr. Margaret White, Sir Terence Beckett, Arnold Peters, Paul Shane, Marcella Pattyn and Steve Martland
Matthew Bannister on Joe Farman, Dr Margaret White, Sir Terence Beckett and Arnold Peters.
First broadcast: 17 May 2013
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An architect, the founder of Ms magazine, an Olympic sailor, an Italian politician and a film director
Remembering Andrew Simpson, Bryan Forbes, Giulio Andreotti, Mary Thom and Rick Mather.
First broadcast: 10 May 2013
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A country singer, a Labour Party General Secretary, a film star, a cellist and a co-housing campaigner
Matthew Bannister on George Jones, Jim Mortimer, Deanna Durbin, Janos Starker.
First broadcast: 03 May 2013
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An interior designer, a theatre director, a cricketer, a prima ballerina and a musician
Matthew Bannister on Jocasta Innes, Patrick Garland, Mike Denness and Maria Tallchief.
First broadcast: 26 Apr 2013
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A conductor, a Hillsborough campaigner, an album cover designer, an immunologist and an ethnomusicologist
Matthew Bannister on Sir Colin Davis, Anne Williams, Storm Thorgerson and Brigitte Askonas
First broadcast: 19 Apr 2013
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A former Prime Minister, an IVF pioneer, a Corgi toy designer and a Muppets co-creator
Matthew Bannister on Baroness Thatcher, Sir Robert Edwards and Marcel Van Cleemput.
First broadcast: 12 Apr 2013
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A screenwriter, a champagne maker, a learning disabilities campaigner, a president, a Welsh poet and a music producer
Matthew Bannister remembers Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Henri Krug, Mabel Cooper and Moses Blah.
First broadcast: 05 Apr 2013
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An actor, a Russian tycoon, a BBC producer, a Bangladeshi president and a Motown producer
John Wilson remembers Richard Griffiths, Boris Berezovsky, Zillur Rahman and Angela Bond.
First broadcast: 29 Mar 2013
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A famous African author, a plotter against Hitler, a horror writer, an actor and an illustrator
Matthew Bannister remembers Chinua Achebe, James Herbert, Frank Thornton and Barbara Firth
First broadcast: 22 Mar 2013
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A Swedish princess, a Khmer Rouge leader, a sports commentator, an HIV/Aids counsellor, and a blues-rock guitarist
Matthew Bannister on Ieng Sary, Princess Lilian of Sweden, Tony Gubba and John Shine.
First broadcast: 15 Mar 2013
