A White House journalist, a comedian, an artist, a technology guru, and a blues musician

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Matthew Bannister on The tough talking White House correspondent Helen Thomas. She asked hard questions of Presidents from Kennedy to Bush. General Colin Powell pays tribute. The Northern painter William Turner - who only achieved fame in his eighties. The comedian and director Mel Smith: Stephen Poliakoff and Mary Kenny celebrate his acting talent. Dr James Martin - the technologist and philanthropist who predicted the rise of the internet. And the rackety life of bluesman T Model Ford - who fathered 26 children and served ten years in prison for a killing.