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Arnold Wesker, Howard Marks, Peggy Fortnum, Merle Haggard and Rachel Johnson

Matthew Bannister on a playwright, a drug smuggler, an illustrator and a country singer.

Matthew Bannister on a nun, a German politician, a DJ, a geographer, a native American.

Matthew Bannister on an architect, two comedians, a Mossad chief, a gardener.

Julian Worricker on a conductor, surgeon, puppeteer, writer, footballer and a historian.

Matthew Bannister on a broadcaster, a producer, a composer, an author and a magician.

Reeta Chakrabarti on a music producer, a US first lady, an internet pioneer and an author.

Reeta Chakrabarti on a TV writer, an author, a conservationist, an actor and a musician

Matthew Bannister on a foster mother, a cinematographer, an author and a parliamentarian.

Matthew Bannister on a UN Secretary General, an editor, a screenwriter, a judge

Matthew Bannister on a computer scientist, a writer, a kite inventor, a GCHQ director