<p>Biographical series in which guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.</p>
| Title | Date published | ||
| Hans Christian Andersen | 2021-08-03 | ||
| The Surprise Lives | 2021-06-03 | ||
| Rosie Millard on Edward III | 2021-05-25 | ||
| Ben Miller on William Hazlitt | 2021-05-18 | ||
| Arlo Parks on Elliott Smith | 2021-05-12 | ||
| Jonathan Dimbleby on Harry Hopkins | 2021-05-06 | ||
| KT Tunstall on Ivor Cutler | 2021-04-27 | ||
| Black and British pioneer Kenny Lynch | 2021-04-20 | ||
| Chinua Achebe, Nigerian novelist | 2021-04-15 | ||
| The Talented Mr Ripley author, Patricia Highsmith | 2021-04-07 | ||
| Rights activist Cesar Chavez nominated by Cori Crider | 2021-01-26 | ||
| Caroline Catz on Delia Derbyshire | 2021-01-19 | ||
| David Jonsson on Jean Michel Basquiat | 2021-01-12 | ||
| Rob Rinder on Jessica Mitford | 2021-01-05 | ||
| Diane Morgan on Air Chief Marshal Hugh Dowding | 2020-12-29 | ||
| David Spiegelhalter on Frank Ramsey | 2020-12-17 | ||
| The Great Lives of Great Lives | 2020-12-11 | ||
| Katherine Parr, sixth wife of Henry VIII | 2020-12-08 | ||
| Xuanzang, Chinese monk and traveller | 2020-09-29 | ||
| James Graham on John Maynard Keynes | 2020-09-22 |