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Great LivesEpisodes

  1. Monday15:00
    BBC Radio 4

    William Gladstone, four-time PM

    Trevor Lyttleton picks William Gladstone, Victorian prime minister and tory turned liberal

  2. Tuesday21:30
    BBC Radio 4

    William Gladstone, four-time PM

    Trevor Lyttleton picks William Gladstone, Victorian prime minister and tory turned liberal

  3. Next Thursday10:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    Josiah Wedgwood

    Tristram Hunt on Josiah Wedgwood, vase maker general to the universe!

  4. Next Thursday16:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    Josiah Wedgwood

    Tristram Hunt on Josiah Wedgwood, vase maker general to the universe!

  5. Next Friday00:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    Josiah Wedgwood

    Tristram Hunt on Josiah Wedgwood, vase maker general to the universe!

  6. Mon 27 Apr 202615:00
    BBC Radio 4

    Coco Khan picks Edith Garrud, the jujitsu fighting suffragette

    Journalist Coco Khan picks the formidable jujitsu fighting suffragette, Edith Garrud.

  7. Tue 28 Apr 202621:30
    BBC Radio 4

    Coco Khan picks Edith Garrud, the jujitsu fighting suffragette

    Journalist Coco Khan picks the formidable jujitsu fighting suffragette, Edith Garrud.

  8. Thu 30 Apr 202610:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    AE Housman

    Author Colin Dexter nominates scholar and poet, AE Housman.

  9. Thu 30 Apr 202616:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    AE Housman

    Author Colin Dexter nominates scholar and poet, AE Housman.

  10. Fri 1 May 202600:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    AE Housman

    Author Colin Dexter nominates scholar and poet, AE Housman.

  11. Mon 4 May 202615:00
    BBC Radio 4

    Peter Cook picked by Count Binface, aka comedian Jon Harvey

    Comedian Jon Harvey picks Peter Cook as his hero for Great Lives.

  12. Tue 5 May 202621:30
    BBC Radio 4

    Peter Cook picked by Count Binface, aka comedian Jon Harvey

    Comedian Jon Harvey picks Peter Cook as his hero for Great Lives.

  13. Thu 7 May 202610:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    Lady Hale on Lady Rhondda

    Lady Hale chooses the suffragette and businesswoman, Margaret Haig Thomas - Lady Rhondda.

  14. Thu 7 May 202616:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    Lady Hale on Lady Rhondda

    Lady Hale chooses the suffragette and businesswoman, Margaret Haig Thomas - Lady Rhondda.

  15. Fri 8 May 202600:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    Lady Hale on Lady Rhondda

    Lady Hale chooses the suffragette and businesswoman, Margaret Haig Thomas - Lady Rhondda.