BBC Radio 4 - Great Lives

Morecambe and Wise

Penelope Keith champions the achievements of one of the most famous comic duos of all time

Annie Nightingale champions manic-eyed comic Marty Feldman.

Writer and actress Helen Lederer nominates the writer-poet Dorothy Parker.

Adam Hart-Davis selects 'On the Beach' and 'A Town Like Alice' novelist Nevil Shute.

Fiona Reynolds, former director of the National Trust, chooses writer Beatrix Potter

Historian and author Derek Wilson proposes 16th century politician Thomas Cromwell.

Robert Thomson maps the rise and fall of the reforming Chinese premier Zhao Ziyang.

Francine Stock presents a discussion about the Soviet writer Vasily Grossman.

Howard Goodall champions the first black musician to attend the Royal College of Music.

Francine Stock presents a discussion about the Glaswegian psychiatrist R D Laing.