Great Lives
Biographical series in which guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 27 minutes
- Episodes
- 384
- Years Active
- 2010 - 2025
Walt Disney
Gerald Scarfe, merciless cartoon satirist of political figures, chooses an icon who created icons: Walt Disney.
Gerald Scarfe spent much of his childhood in his sick bed, so it's not surprising that D…
Michel de Montaigne
Michel de Montaigne is one of the most influential writers of the French Renaissance. He is known for popularising the essay as a literary genre and became famous for his ability to fuse intellectu…
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill's is the Great Life chosen by Lord Digby Jones, former Director General of the CBI.
Expert contribution comes from Professor David Reynolds. Both men have vivid memories of the day …
Golda Meir
Golda Meir was the Iron Lady of Israeli politics, a straight-talking, intransigent leader who once said, "There is a type of woman who does not let her husband narrow her horizons". She is the choic…