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  1. Tomorrow00:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    Comedian Sindhu Vee on Prince

    The comedian Sindhu Vee nominates Prince, the musical superstar.

  2. Monday15:00
    BBC Radio 4

    William Gladstone, four-time PM

    Trevor Lyttleton picks William Gladstone, Victorian prime minister and tory turned liberal

  3. Tuesday21:30
    BBC Radio 4

    William Gladstone, four-time PM

    Trevor Lyttleton picks William Gladstone, Victorian prime minister and tory turned liberal

  4. Next Thursday10:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    Josiah Wedgwood

    Tristram Hunt on Josiah Wedgwood, vase maker general to the universe!

  5. Next Thursday16:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    Josiah Wedgwood

    Tristram Hunt on Josiah Wedgwood, vase maker general to the universe!

  6. Next Friday00:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    Josiah Wedgwood

    Tristram Hunt on Josiah Wedgwood, vase maker general to the universe!

  7. Mon 27 Apr 202615:00
    BBC Radio 4

    Coco Khan picks Edith Garrud, the jujitsu fighting suffragette

    Journalist Coco Khan picks the formidable jujitsu fighting suffragette, Edith Garrud.

  8. Tue 28 Apr 202621:30
    BBC Radio 4

    Coco Khan picks Edith Garrud, the jujitsu fighting suffragette

    Journalist Coco Khan picks the formidable jujitsu fighting suffragette, Edith Garrud.

  9. Thu 30 Apr 202610:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    AE Housman

    Author Colin Dexter nominates scholar and poet, AE Housman.

  10. Thu 30 Apr 202616:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    AE Housman

    Author Colin Dexter nominates scholar and poet, AE Housman.

  11. Fri 1 May 202600:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    AE Housman

    Author Colin Dexter nominates scholar and poet, AE Housman.