<p>Biographical series in which guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.</p>
| Title | Date published | ||
| Laura Marling on Lou Andreas-Salome | 2019-08-13 | ||
| Robinson Crusoe | 2019-08-13 | ||
| Ed Balls nominates Herbert Howells | 2019-08-12 | ||
| Kamila Shamsie chooses Asma Jahangir | 2019-05-28 | ||
| Shirley Collins on Alan Lomax | 2019-05-21 | ||
| Jeremy Deller on The Beatles' manager Brian Epstein | 2019-05-15 | ||
| Caroline Criado-Perez on Jane Austen | 2019-05-07 | ||
| Kirill Gerstein on Ferruccio Busoni | 2019-05-01 | ||
| Malcolm Lowry, nominated by Ian McMillan | 2019-04-23 | ||
| Catherine de Medici nominated by Helen Lewis | 2019-04-18 | ||
| Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians, chosen by Tom Holland | 2019-04-16 | ||
| Shappi Khorsandi on Emma, Lady Hamilton | 2019-04-02 | ||
| Matt Lucas on Freddie Mercury | 2019-01-22 | ||
| Rohan Silva on Colin Chapman | 2019-01-15 | ||
| Suzanne O'Sullivan on Oliver Sacks | 2019-01-08 | ||
| Nikesh Shukla on the Great Gama | 2019-01-01 | ||
| Sathnam Sanghera on Alexander Gardner | 2018-12-28 | ||
| Mark Steel on Charlie Chaplin | 2018-12-25 | ||
| Tim Smit on Humphrey Jennings | 2018-12-19 | ||
| Russell Kane on Evelyn Waugh | 2018-12-11 |