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Peter Cushing
Actor and writer Mark Gatiss chooses horror film star, Peter Cushing.
Hermann Buhl
Mountaineer Joe Simpson takes up the cause of the pioneering Austrian climber Hermann Buhl
Katherine Mansfield
Jacqueline Wilson chooses the writer Katherine Mansfield. With Angela Smith as witness.
Groucho Marx
Roger Graef champions the great comic Groucho Marx.
Howard Florey
Richard Sykes champions Sir Howard Florey, a forgotten man in the discovery of penicillin.
Alfred Russel Wallace
Travel writer Redmond O'Hanlon proposes the pioneering naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace.
George Cruikshank
Quentin Blake nominates illustrator George Cruikshank.
Thora Hird
Impressionist Jan Ravens chooses the award-winning actress, Dame Thora Hird.
George Washington
British General Sir Michael Rose selects 'Father of the American Nation' George Washington
Elizabeth David
Chef and novelist Prue Leith chooses cookery writer Elizabeth David.
