Episodios

  • Snooker Champion Ray Reardon & Aid Worker Simon Boas

    Snooker Champion Ray Reardon & Aid Worker Simon Boas
    Jul 23 2024
    Ray Reardon was one of Britain’s best-known sportsmen, but when he was honoured at Buckingham Palace in 1985 with an MBE for services to snooker, the Queen enquired: “And what do you do?” What he did, was win, triumphing in the World Snooker Championship six times. And we marvel at the life of aid worker Simon Boas, whose candid reflections on his terminal cancer diagnosis moved millions of people around the world.

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    21 m
  • Sex Therapist Ruth Westheimer & Royal Cake Decorator Eddie Spence

    Sex Therapist Ruth Westheimer & Royal Cake Decorator Eddie Spence
    Jul 16 2024
    Dr Ruth Westheimer's voice was once mocked as “a cross between Henry Kissinger and a canary”. But the sex therapist felt it was one of her biggest assets, because she sounded like “Grandma Freud”. Westheimer escaped Nazi Germany and later found fame by talking honestly in public about once-taboo, bedroom topics. And we celebrate the life of Eddie Spence, known as "The King of Royal Icing".

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    21 m
  • Foreign Minister Roland Dumas & Wimbledon champion Vic Seixas

    Foreign Minister Roland Dumas & Wimbledon champion Vic Seixas
    Jul 9 2024
    Roland Dumas wielded such clout in the Élysée that he was called “le vice-president”. But despite being a closely trusted ally of François Mitterrand, his career in politics was blighted by allegations of corruption. While the 1953 Wimbledon champion, Vic Seixas, was perhaps under appreciated, and definitely underpaid.

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    19 m
  • Biochemist Akira Endo & Cuban Revolutionary Olga Morgan Goodwin

    Biochemist Akira Endo & Cuban Revolutionary Olga Morgan Goodwin
    Jul 2 2024

    Akira Endo discovered the ‘penicillin for cholesterol’. But when offered the drugs he made possible, for his own high cholesterol, he opted for diet and exercise instead. And we hear the remarkable story of the Cuban revolutionary, Olga Morgan Goodwin, who turned on Fidel Castro and was imprisoned for trying to overthrow him.



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    23 m
  • Actor Donald Sutherland & Campaigner Leah Levin

    Actor Donald Sutherland & Campaigner Leah Levin
    Jun 25 2024
    "Offbeat, relaxed, and never overly reverential about his craft". The actor Donald Sutherland was described as one of the finest actors never to win an Oscar. And we recall the life of Leah Levin, who in spite of holding no legal qualifications, dedicated her life to righting the wrongs of the British criminal justice system.

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    22 m
  • Singer Françoise Hardy & Psychologist Sue Johnson

    Singer Françoise Hardy & Psychologist Sue Johnson
    Jun 18 2024
    Bob Dylan wrote Françoise Hardy a poem before they even met. But the iconic french singer-songwriter was irritated by the public's fascination of her beauty rather than her music. And we explore the work of the psychologist, Sue Johnson, who devoted her life to unravelling the mystery of love.

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    19 m
  • TV Doctor Michael Mosley & Astronaut Bill Anders

    TV Doctor Michael Mosley & Astronaut Bill Anders
    Jun 11 2024
    'Trust me, I'm a doctor' was an instruction many were happy to follow. The BBC show's host, Michael Mosley, combined infectious enthusiasm and dedication to the scientific method. Today we hear his story, plus that of William Anders, astronaut, engineer and photographer of one of the most famous photos ever taken.

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    23 m
  • Rugby Star Rob Burrow & 'The Godfather' Producer Albert Ruddy

    Rugby Star Rob Burrow & 'The Godfather' Producer Albert Ruddy
    Jun 4 2024
    Today, we hear two remarkable stories of dogged determination. First, the inspirational life of Rob Burrow, the Rugby League star who campaigned so bravely in the face of his motor neurone disease diagnosis. And second, the Oscar winning producer of The Godfather, Albert Ruddy, and the story of the extraordinary steps it took to bring the iconic mobster movie to our screens.

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    21 m