BBC Radio 4 - Great Lives

Mae West

Writer Kathy Lette proposes the blondest bombshell of them all, Mae West.

Francine Stock presents a discussion about the first Duke of Wellington.

Lord Powell nominates former US President Ronald Reagan.

Lord Powell nominates Ronald Reagan for great life status.

Amanda Vickery and Jenny Uglow discuss the life of the Elizabeth Gaskell.

Martin Smith, the Chairman of English National Opera proposes John D Rockefeller.

Michael Morpurgo nominates Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Poet Douglas Dunn nominates Robert Louis Stevenson, author of Treasure Island.

Valerie Grove selects Charles M Schulz, creator of the Peanuts cartoon strip.

Mary Kenny nominates the 19th-century French novelist, George Sand.