BBC Radio 4 - Great Lives

Roy Jenkins

Journalist Polly Toynbee chooses one of the most noted of post-war politicians Roy Jenkins

Ken Livingstone discusses his hero, US politician Robert Kennedy.

Horticulturalist Rachel De Thame champions her heroine, the ballerina Margot Fonteyn.

Poet Pam Ayres chooses the lad himself, Tony Hancock.

Tracy-Ann Oberman champions the life of one of the silver screen's most enduring icons.

Actor David Soul champions the life of German pastor and theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer.

The Snowman author Raymond Briggs chooses JB Morton, aka Beachcomber.

Michael Grade and William G Stewart champion the life of theatrical agent Billy Marsh.

Luciano Pavarotti is nominated by the music promoter Harvey Goldsmith.

Eighteenth-century satirist and painter William Hogarth is nominated by Ian Hislop.