<p>Biographical series in which guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.</p>
| Title | Date published | ||
| Helen Sharman on Elsie Widdowson | 2017-09-05 | ||
| Tracy Chevalier on Mary Anning | 2017-08-29 | ||
| Don McCullin on Norman Lewis | 2017-08-22 | ||
| Maxine Peake on Ellen Wilkinson | 2017-08-09 | ||
| Stephen Fry on PG Wodehouse | 2017-08-08 | ||
| Peter Williams of Jack Wills chooses Steve Jobs | 2017-06-01 | ||
| Iain Lee on Andy Kaufman | 2017-05-30 | ||
| Sue Cameron on Emma of Normandy | 2017-05-16 | ||
| Steven Knight on Sitting Bull | 2017-05-09 | ||
| Peaches Golding on Shirley Chisholm | 2017-05-02 | ||
| Anton Du Beke on Arnold Palmer | 2017-04-25 | ||
| Ermonela Jaho on Mother Teresa | 2017-04-20 | ||
| Germaine Greer on Dame Elizabeth Frink | 2017-04-11 | ||
| Gary Kemp on EW Godwin | 2017-04-04 | ||
| Chris Patten on Pope John XXIII | 2017-01-24 | ||
| Len Goodman on Lionel Bart | 2017-01-17 | ||
| Akram Khan on Srinivasa Ramanujan | 2017-01-10 | ||
| Suzannah Lipscomb on CS Lewis | 2017-01-03 | ||
| Ruth Holdaway on Helen Rollason | 2017-01-03 | ||
| Orlando Murrin on Dinu Lipatti | 2016-12-20 |