Great Lives Episodes Available now
The surgeon Henry Marsh picks 'the saviour of mothers' Dr Semmelweis
Biography show where famous guests pick someone from history they admire or love.
The Roman Emperor Nero
Biographical series in which guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.
Film director Julien Temple on Elizabethan bad boy Christopher Marlowe
Biographical show in which famous guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.
Zing Tsjeng on Swedish painter Hilma af Klint
Biography series in which famous guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.
Miriam Margolyes on Charles Dickens
The great Miriam Margolyes chooses her hero, Charles Dickens
Mary Portas on Anita Roddick
Mary Portas chooses the founder of The Body Shop Dame Anita Roddick as her Great Life.
Harriet Harman on Maria Callas
Harriet Harman nominates opera star Maria Callas.
Lady Rachel MacRobert, chosen by Hayaatun Sillem
Dr Hayaatun Sillem chooses the extraordinary life of Lady Rachel MacRobert.
Queen Emma
Alice Roberts chooses the wife of two kings - Aethelred and Canute.
James Dyson on Frank Whittle
James Dyson chooses the inventor of the jet engine, Frank Whittle.
