<p>Biographical series in which guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.</p>
| Title | Date published | ||
| Jazzie B on James Brown | 2014-08-12 | ||
| Jonathan Meades on Edward Burra | 2014-08-05 | ||
| Ernest Hemingway | 2014-05-27 | ||
| John Craven on Brunel | 2014-05-13 | ||
| Isy Suttie on Jake Thackray | 2014-05-06 | ||
| Emma Kirkby on Henry Purcell | 2014-05-06 | ||
| Deborah Moggach on Arnold Bennett | 2014-04-29 | ||
| Marcus du Sautoy on Jorge Luis Borges | 2014-04-22 | ||
| Sir Mark Walport on Sir Hans Sloane | 2014-04-15 | ||
| Ian Curtis | 2014-04-09 | ||
| Sarah Vine on Dante | 2014-04-08 | ||
| Evelyn Glennie on Jacqueline Du Pre | 2014-04-01 | ||
| DJ Sara Cox nominates singer Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes | 2014-01-28 | ||
| Mark Constantine on Kahlil Gibran | 2014-01-23 | ||
| Meg Rosoff on Isabella Bird | 2014-01-23 | ||
| Dave Allen chosen by Adil Ray | 2014-01-14 | ||
| David Baddiel on John Updike | 2014-01-08 | ||
| Sir David Chipperfield on Le Corbusier | 2013-12-31 | ||
| Michael Horovitz on Allen Ginsberg | 2013-12-17 | ||
| Ricky Ross on Hank Williams | 2013-12-10 |