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Samuel Johnson

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Last broadcast on Fri, 11 Sep 2009, 23:00 on BBC Radio 4 (see all broadcasts).

Synopsis

Matthew Parris presents the biographical series in which his guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.

Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, nominates Samuel Johnson, writer of the great dictionary. Dr Johnson's biographer, Peter Martin, joins the discussion.

Broadcasts

  1. Tue 8 Sep 2009
    16:30
  2. Fri 11 Sep 2009
    23:00

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