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Lord Denning

Blur drummer David Rowntree discusses the life of Lord Denning.

• 30 mins

Brian Clough

John Motson nominates former Nottingham Forest manager Brian Clough.

• 30 mins

Elizabeth David

Chef and novelist Prue Leith chooses cookery writer Elizabeth David.

• 30 mins

George Washington

British General Sir Michael Rose selects 'Father of the American Nation' George Washington

• 30 mins

Thora Hird

Impressionist Jan Ravens chooses the award-winning actress, Dame Thora Hird.

• 30 mins

George Cruikshank

Quentin Blake nominates illustrator George Cruikshank.

• 30 mins

Alfred Russel Wallace

Travel writer Redmond O'Hanlon proposes the pioneering naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace.

• 30 mins

Howard Florey

Richard Sykes champions Sir Howard Florey, a forgotten man in the discovery of penicillin.

• 30 mins

Groucho Marx

Roger Graef champions the great comic Groucho Marx.

• 30 mins

Katherine Mansfield

Jacqueline Wilson chooses the writer Katherine Mansfield. With Angela Smith as witness.

• 30 mins

Hermann Buhl

Mountaineer Joe Simpson takes up the cause of the pioneering Austrian climber Hermann Buhl

• 30 mins

Peter Cushing

Actor and writer Mark Gatiss chooses horror film star, Peter Cushing.

• 30 mins

Charles Bukowski

Comedian Rhona Cameron chooses the German-American writer and poet, Charles Bukowski.

• 30 mins

Paavo Nurmi

Former athlete Steve Cram nominates ‘Flying Finn’ Paavo Nurmi. Matthew Parris presents.

• 30 mins

Lord Longford

Jon Snow champions jails reform campaigner and politician, Lord Longford.

• 30 mins

Robert Hooke

David Attenborough nominates the largely forgotten 17th-century inventor and illustrator.

• 28 mins

Alan Freed

Bob Harris nominates Alan Freed, the first ever rock 'n' roll DJ.

• 30 mins

Henry VII

Former chancellor George Osborne nominates Henry VII, founder of the Tudor dynasty.

• 30 mins

David Ervine

Lesley Riddoch nominates former Loyalist paramilitary turned politician David Ervine.

• 30 mins

Lady Hester Stanhope

Deborah Meaden nominates the Georgian hostess, diplomat and spy Lady Hester Stanhope.

• 30 mins

William Hogarth

Eighteenth-century satirist and painter William Hogarth is nominated by Ian Hislop.

• 30 mins

Luciano Pavarotti

Luciano Pavarotti is nominated by the music promoter Harvey Goldsmith.

• 30 mins

Billy Marsh

Michael Grade and William G Stewart champion the life of theatrical agent Billy Marsh.

• 30 mins

Beachcomber

The Snowman author Raymond Briggs chooses JB Morton, aka Beachcomber.

• 30 mins

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Actor David Soul champions the life of German pastor and theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer.

• 30 mins

Bette Davis

Tracy-Ann Oberman champions the life of one of the silver screen's most enduring icons.

• 30 mins

Tony Hancock

Poet Pam Ayres chooses the lad himself, Tony Hancock.

• 30 mins

Margot Fonteyn

Horticulturalist Rachel De Thame champions her heroine, the ballerina Margot Fonteyn.

• 30 mins

Robert Kennedy

Ken Livingstone discusses his hero, US politician Robert Kennedy.

• 30 mins

Roy Jenkins

Journalist Polly Toynbee chooses one of the most noted of post-war politicians Roy Jenkins

• 30 mins