大象传媒 Radio 4 - Great Lives

Great Lives Podcast

Biographical series in which guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.

Updated: weekly

Episodes available: indefinitely

Antonia Quirke on Marlon Brando

Tue 12 May 2015

Marlon Brando - greatest actor of the twentieth century?
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Wendy Cope on John Clare

Tue 5 May 2015

Matthew Parris talks to Wendy Cope about her poetic hero John Clare. From 2015.
Dame Helen Ghosh on James Lees-Milne

Tue 28 Apr 2015

Matthew Parris talks to the National Trust's Dame Helen Ghosh about James Lees-Milne.
Kulvinder Ghir on Zoran Music

Tue 21 Apr 2015

Comedian and actor Kulvinder Ghir nominates the life of the artist Zoran Music.
Rachel Johnson on Ottoline Morrell

Tue 14 Apr 2015

Rachel Johnson author and journalist champions the life of Ottoline Morrell.
Sir Trevor McDonald on Learie Constantine

Tue 7 Apr 2015

The veteran broadcaster Sir Trevor McDonald chooses the life of Learie Constantine
Mervyn King on Risto Ryti

Tue 27 Jan 2015

Mervyn King champions the life of the former Prime Minister of Finland Risto Ryti.
Eve Pollard on Nora Ephron

Tue 20 Jan 2015

Journalist Eve Pollard explores Hollywood screenwriter Nora Ephron with Matthew Parris.
Michael Dobbs on Guy Burgess

Tue 13 Jan 2015

Michael Dobbs looks back at the life of Cambridge spy Guy Burgess.
Philippa Langley on Richard III

Tue 6 Jan 2015

Matthew Parris talks to Philippa Langley about the life of Richard III.
Tom Solomon on Roald Dahl

Tue 30 Dec 2014

Professor Tom Solomon talks about his former patient, writer Roald Dahl.
Brian Eno on Lord Young of Dartington

Tue 23 Dec 2014

Brian Eno champions the life and work of social reformer Michael Young.
Laura Bates on Louisa May Alcott

Tue 16 Dec 2014

Laura Bates tells Matthew Parris why Louisa May Alcott of "Little Women" is her Great Life
Arthur Smith on Emil Z谩topek

Tue 9 Dec 2014

Comedian Arthur Smith tells Matthew Parris about the life of Olympic runner Emil Z谩topek.
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Professor Edith Hall on Lucille Ball

Tue 30 Sep 2014

Matthew Parris invites Professor Edith Hall to nominate her idol.
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Andrew Adonis on Joseph Bazalgette

Tue 23 Sep 2014

Lord Adonis chooses Victorian engineer, aka 'The Sewer King', Sir Joseph Bazalgette
Stella Rimington on Dorothy L Sayers

Wed 10 Sep 2014

Dame Stella Rimington explains to Matthew Parris why Dorothy L Sayers fascinates her.
Labi Siffre on Arthur Ransome

Tue 9 Sep 2014

Matthew Parris invites singer songwriter Labi Siffre to nominate his choice of life.
Tom Shakespeare on Gramsci

Tue 2 Sep 2014

Dr Tom Shakespeare tells Matthew Parris why Antonio Gramsci's is a Great Life.
Ray Mears on Rommel

Tue 26 Aug 2014

Ray Mears champions the life of Field-Marshal Erwin Rommel.
Baroness Oona King on Ida B Wells

Tue 19 Aug 2014

Ida B. Wells the African American civil rights activist is chosen by Baroness Oona King
Jazzie B on James Brown

Tue 12 Aug 2014

Soul II Soul's Jazzie B chooses the life of musician and singer James Brown.
Jonathan Meades on Edward Burra

Tue 5 Aug 2014

Writer Jonathan Meades nominates the English artist Edward Burra.
Ernest Hemingway

Tue 27 May 2014

Monty Python's Michael Palin chooses the American writer, Ernest Hemingway.
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Emma Kirkby on Henry Purcell

Tue 20 May 2014

Soprano Emma Kirkby discusses the life of composer Henry Purcell with Matthew Parris
John Craven on Brunel

Tue 13 May 2014

John Craven proposes Victorian Engineer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, as a great life.
Isy Suttie on Jake Thackray

Tue 6 May 2014

Isy Suttie chooses Yorkshire-born singer songwriter Jake Thackray
Deborah Moggach on Arnold Bennett

Tue 29 Apr 2014

The author Deborah Moggach talks about the life of Potteries writer Arnold Bennett.
Marcus du Sautoy on Jorge Luis Borges

Tue 22 Apr 2014

Blind Argentinian writer Borges is championed by Marcus de Sautoy.
Sir Mark Walport on Sir Hans Sloane

Tue 15 Apr 2014

Sir Hans Sloane, founder of the British Museum, is championed by Sir Mark Walport.