BBC Radio 4 - Great Lives

Rembrandt

Artist and sculptor Maggi Hambling nominates Rembrandt as her choice of a great life.

Northern Ireland politician Lord David Trimble chooses Elvis Presley.

Jude Kelly nominates legendary Edwardian theatre producer Lilian Baylis.

Dr Phil Hammond chooses Nobel Prize-winning playwright, George Bernard Shaw.

Archaeologist Barry Cunliffe nominates ancient Roman leader Julius Caesar.

Theatre director, actress and writer Yvonne Brewster nominates poet Claude McKay.

Fiona Bruce chooses the femme fatale, international spy and exotic dancer, Mata Hari.

Singer and actress Pauline Black chooses a jazz legend, the singer Billie Holiday.

Pallab Ghosh explains how Marie Curie achieved fame through her work on radioactivity.

Nick Danziger breaks the programme's rules with comic book adventurer, Tintin.