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A comedy writer, a founding member of The Doors, an Argentine dictator, a Pakistani politician and an escapologist
Matthew Bannister on Ray Manzarek, Jorge Videla, Zahra Shahid Hussain and Eddie Braben.
First broadcast: 24 May 2013
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A geophysicist, a pro-life campaigner, a former Ford UK chief executive, a composer and an actor
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
Leanne Benjamin on leaving the Royal Ballet after 20 years. Presented by Jane Garvey.