Great Lives Episodes Available now
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Buckminster Fuller
TV producer John Lloyd discusses the life of American architect Richard Buckminster Fuller
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Douglas Jardine
Peter White discusses the controversial England cricket captain Douglas Jardine.
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Robin Hood
Human rights lawyer Clive Stafford Smith discusses Robin Hood.
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Bertolt Brecht
Playwright John Godber discusses the life of German writer Bertolt Brecht.
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Bill Hamilton
Professor Richard Dawkins discusses the evolutionary theorist Bill Hamilton.
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Picasso
Photographer David Bailey discusses the life and work of Pablo Picasso.
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Lise Meitner
Jenny Agutter champions the life and work of pioneering Austrian physicist Lise Meitner.
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Nero
Christopher Biggins champions the life of the Roman Emperor Nero.
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Hannah Arendt
Munira Mirza discusses the life of the influential political philosopher Hannah Arendt.
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Vivian Stanshall
Neil Innes discusses the life of his colleague and friend Vivian Stanshall.