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"Step one: invite notable guest. Step two: get them to talk about someone else."

After nearly 500 episodes, Great Lives feels like a stable series, but there have been surprises along the way.\\nFrom Bernard Manning on Mother Theresa to Timmy Mallett on Richard the Lionheart, there\'s a tradition of guests picking unexpected people they admire.\\nCerys Matthews on Hildegard of Bingen, Diane Morgan on Air Chief Marshall Hugh Dowding, Iain Lee on Andy Kaufmann, and Lemn Sissay on Prince Alemayu of Ethiopia: "Maybe this is the first Great Life that is a life that hasn\'t happened," he says.\\nAlso features Josie Long on Kurt Vonnegut plus a host of other famous voices in the mix.

Presented by Matthew Parris\\nProduced by Miles Warde