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Beachcomber
The Snowman author Raymond Briggs chooses JB Morton, aka Beachcomber.
Billy Marsh
Michael Grade and William G Stewart champion the life of theatrical agent Billy Marsh.
Luciano Pavarotti
Luciano Pavarotti is nominated by the music promoter Harvey Goldsmith.
William Hogarth
Eighteenth-century satirist and painter William Hogarth is nominated by Ian Hislop.
Lady Hester Stanhope
Deborah Meaden chooses Georgian diplomat and spy, Lady Hester Stanhope.
Field Marshal Bill Slim
General Mike Jackson nominates Field Marshal Bill Slim, leader of the WW2 Burma campaign.
David Ervine
Lesley Riddoch nominates former Loyalist paramilitary turned politician David Ervine.
Henry VII
Former chancellor George Osborne nominates Henry VII, founder of the Tudor dynasty.
Alan Freed
Bob Harris nominates Alan Freed, the first ever rock 'n' roll DJ.
Robert Hooke
David Attenborough nominates the largely forgotten 17th-century inventor and illustrator.
