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  1. Robin Denselow on Joseph Shabalala

    Duration: 06:34

  2. The mercenary leader, known as 'Mad Mike' Hoare, who inspired the film The Wild Geese

    Duration: 07:35

  3. Sheila Hancock and Tony Hawks pay tribute to Nicholas Parsons in just a minute!

    Duration: 08:15

  4. Tony Garnett was the producer behind This Life, one of the defining TV series of the 1990s and the 1969 film Kes.

    Duration: 08:17

  5. Elizabeth Sellars appeared alongside Humphrey Bogart in The Barefoot Contessa and Marlon Brando in Desiree

    Duration: 05:21

  6. M.C. Beaton wrote more than 250 books which sold in their millions.

    Duration: 07:11

  7. Neil Innes, a talented musician, was best known for teaming up with Eric Idle to satirise the Beatles as The Rutles.

    Duration: 09:51

  8. Nell Gifford founded and ran a traditional circus company that bore her name.

    Duration: 05:54

  9. Gary Rhodes was the spiky-haired TV chef who won Michelin stars for his re-invention of classic British recipes.

    Duration: 06:50

  10. Clive James was the essayist, poet, TV critic and presenter known for applying his incisive wit to both high and low culture.

    Duration: 06:21

  11. Robert Evans: Hollywood producer of Love Story and The Godfather

    Duration: 09:39

  12. Irene Shubik was the producer behind some of the most acclaimed TV programmes of the 1970s and 80s

    Duration: 06:05

  13. Marita Lorenz: Survivor of Bergen-Belsen who become Fidel Castro’s lover and later took part in a plot to assassinate him

    Duration: 06:18

  14. Cokie Roberts: The Influential US TV journalist

    Duration: 06:00

  15. Hans Rausing: The Swedish billionaire helped build food packaging company Tetra Pak

    Duration: 08:55

  16. Alla Verber: One of the world’s most influential fashion buyers

    Duration: 06:01

  17. Peter Fonda: The American actor is best known for his role in the independent film Easy Rider

    Duration: 09:03

  18. Marcel Berlins: Lawyer, broadcaster and critic who presented Law in Action on Radio 4 for sixteen years

    Duration: 07:39

  19. Toni Morrison: The Nobel Prize-winning author

    Duration: 07:33

  20. Hal Prince: the theatre producer and director behind West Side Story, Phantom of the Opera and Evita

    Duration: 07:17

  21. Johnny Clegg: the white South African musician who confronted the apartheid government by embracing Zulu music and culture.

    Duration: 05:32

  22. Rip Torn:The much-loved actor best known for his role as Artie, producer on The Larry Sanders Show

    Duration: 07:51

  23. João Gilberto: The man who brought Brazilian music to the rest of the world

    Duration: 06:45

  24. Dave Bartholomew: the New Orleans musician who wrote 4000 songs including many of Fats Domino's greatest hits

    Duration: 05:53

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