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Genre
  
discussion

Country
  
United Kingdom

Home station
  
BBC Radio 4

Running time
  
28 mins

Language(s)
  
English

Hosted by
  
Joan BakewellHumphrey CarpenterFrancine StockMatthew Parris

Great Lives is a BBC Radio 4 biography series, produced in Bristol. It has been presented by Joan Bakewell, Humphrey Carpenter, Francine Stock and currently (since April 2006) Matthew Parris. A distinguished guest is asked to nominate the person they feel is truly deserving of the title "Great Life". The presenter and a recognised expert (a biographer, family member or fellow practitioner) are on hand to discuss the life. The programmes are 28 minutes long, originally broadcast on Fridays at 23:00, more recently at 16:30 on Tuesday with a repeat at 23:00 on Friday.

Contents

Series 6, October – December 2004

  • 1The programme originally scheduled by wtih the guest film-maker David Puttnam who nominated the Michael Collins, Irish nationalist leader) was withdrawn due to "production quality".

    • Hogmanay Special, 31 December 2004

  • Carpenter died on 4 January 2005, this was he's last Great Lives programme 1

    • Series 23, November 2010 – January 2011

  • Garvey was previously nominated by Yvonne Brown in Series 7 Programme 7 1

    • References

    Great Lives Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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