BBC Radio 4 - Great Lives

Rohan Silva on Colin Chapman

Matthew Parris profiles the inventor of the car that changed the face of Formula One

Neurologist and author Oliver Sacks is Suzanne O'Sullivan's hero, she tells Matthew Parris

The Great Gama, the strongest man in the world, championed by author Nikesh Shukla.

Charlie Chaplin wasn’t funny but a political rebel. Mark Steel nominates him as his hero.

Eden Project founder chooses documentary maker and artist Humphrey Jennings

Comedian Russell Kane nominates novelist Evelyn Waugh.

Laura Ingalls Wilder: author Tracy Chevalier joins Samira Ahmed

Baroness Shirley Williams discusses her mother, the feminist and pacifist Vera Brittain.

Christina Lamb, author and journalist nominates Benazir Bhutto as her great life.

Douglas Adams the author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy