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  1. Professor David Vaughan OBE was a leading expert on the effects of climate change on glaciers in the Antarctic

    Duration: 06:45

  2. Howard Baderman, the hospital consultant who transformed the discipline of emergency medicine

    Duration: 06:53

  3. The American actor James Caan was best known for playing Sonny Corleone in The Godfather

    Duration: 05:20

  4. The columnist, broadcaster, producer and musician Victor Lewis-Smith was best known for his outrageous hoaxes

    Duration: 09:05

  5. Squadron Leader George 'Johnny' Johnson MBE was the last surviving airman who took part in the Dambuster raids.

    Duration: 04:30

  6. The entrepreneur Peter de Savary once owned both Land’s End and John O’Groats

    Duration: 08:41

  7. Dietrich Mateschitz turned Red Bull from an energy drink into a global brand through smart sports deals

    Duration: 07:08

  8. With her husband, Parvatiben Solanki launched Garavi Gujarat, one of the biggest selling Asian news magazines outside India.

    Duration: 06:04

  9. Sacheen Littlefeather declined an Oscar on behalf of Marlon Brando, in protest at the representation of Native Americans.

    Duration: 07:02

  10. The multi-instrumentalist and singer Paul Sartin, a key figure on the English folk scene and member of the band Bellowhead.

    Duration: 06:50

  11. Jerry Allison was the drummer and songwriter with Buddy Holly and the Crickets.

    Duration: 05:44

  12. Brenda Fisher was a long distance swimmer who broke the women’s speed record for swimming the English Channel

    Duration: 06:34

  13. Nichelle Nichols was the trailblazing African American actor who played Lieutenant Uhura in Star Trek.

    Duration: 05:12

  14. Uwe Seeler was the captain of the West German football team in 1966

    Duration: 07:57

  15. Mona Hammond was a distinguished stage actor but is best known for her TV roles in Desmond's and Eastenders

    Duration: 06:39

  16. Ann Shulgin pioneered the therapeutic use of psychedelics and MDMA

    Duration: 07:23

  17. Sonny Barger was the leading American Hell’s Angel

    Duration: 06:46

  18. Yves Coppens was a charismatic French palaeontologist

    Duration: 05:11

  19. Dame Paula Rego, the acclaimed Portuguese-born artist: an extended interview with her son Nick Willing.

    Duration: 28:42

  20. Paul Vance wrote the song 'Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini' and his death was announced prematurely in 2006.

    Duration: 04:53

  21. Kay Mellor was best known as the writer of series like Band of Gold, Fat Friends and The Syndicate.

    Duration: 06:14

  22. Robert Gillmor was a wildlife artist best known for his striking paintings of birds.

    Duration: 06:11

  23. Régine Zylberberg was a French nightclub owner who claimed to have invented the discotheque.

    Duration: 06:03

  24. Denise Coffey was a talented comic actor who made her name in the TV show Do Not Adjust Your Set.

    Duration: 06:10

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