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Anna Scher
Broadcast | 18 Nov 2011
Theatre School founder , Drama teacher
Luxury | A bespoke statue of Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Ian McMillan
Broadcast | 07 Nov 2010
Stand up poet
Luxury | a tandem bike with wooden models of his family at the front
Sarah Doukas
Broadcast | 10 Oct 2010
Founder of Storm model agency
Luxury | A photo album of all my family
Dame Ellen MacArthur
Broadcast | 04 Oct 2009
Yachtswoman
Luxury | A fluffy purple worm (which has been taken everywhere)
Felix Dennis
Broadcast | 12 Aug 2007
Publisher, Poet
Luxury | A very long stainless steel shaft to encourage pole-dancing mermaids!
Tom Blundell
Broadcast | 03 Jun 2007
Molecular biologist
Luxury | A combined heat and power micro-unit
Philippe Petit
Broadcast | 10 Apr 2005
Acrobat
Luxury | His mysterious object (An object found by his father that, as yet, no-one can identify)
Stephen Poliakoff
Broadcast | 13 Mar 2005
Playwright, Director
Luxury | A box of plastic straws to fiddle with
Dr Jonathan Miller
Broadcast | 23 Jan 2005
Writer, Director, Scientist
Luxury | Canvas roll containing dissecting set
John Fortune
Broadcast | 12 Dec 2004
Satirist
Luxury | A rug made by the Baluch people from Afghanistan
Rod Steiger
Broadcast | 25 Jul 1999
Hollywood film star
Luxury | Self-contained eternal electric fan
Igor Aleksander
Broadcast | 04 Jul 1999
Professor of Neural Systems Engineering
Luxury | A virtual reality London Symphony Orchestra so he can conduct it
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