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Jessie Buckley, actor
5. apr. 2026 50m

Jessie Buckley is an actor and singer. She recently won a BAFTA and a Golden Globe Award for her critically acclaimed role playing Shakespeare’s wife ...

Dwayne Fields, explorer
29. mar. 2026 51m

Dwayne Fields is an explorer and broadcaster who was appointed the UK’s Chief Scout in 2024. He is the first black Briton to reach the Magnetic North...

Roula Khalaf, journalist
22. mar. 2026 50m

Roula Khalaf is a journalist and the first woman to serve as editor of the Financial Times in its 138‑year history. She joined the paper in 1995 as No...

Richard Young, photographer
15. mar. 2026 50m

Richard Young is a photographer who was once known as the “king of the paparazzi”.His portfolio is a who’s who of some of the biggest stars in film, m...

Tahra Zafar, costume and effects designer
8. mar. 2026 50m

Tahra Zafar is a costume and creature effects designer. She designed the Paddington Bear puppet featured in the hit West End production Paddington: Th...

Professor Michele Dougherty, scientist
1. mar. 2026 52m

Professor Michele Dougherty is President of the Institute of Physics and Professor of Space Physics at Imperial College London. She was appointed Ast...

Kemi Badenoch MP, leader of the opposition
22. feb. 2026 51m

Kemi Badenoch is the Conservative MP for North West Essex and the Leader of the Opposition. Since winning her seat in 2017, she has held cabinet posi...

Adeel Akhtar, actor
15. feb. 2026 50m

Adeel Akhtar is an award-winning actor whose breakthrough role came in 2010 when he starred in Chris Morris’s black comedy Four Lions. He won his fir...

Jesse Armstrong, writer
8. feb. 2026 48m

Jesse Armstrong is a British author, screenwriter, and producer.He has written several award-winning TV comedies and satirical dramas and won many acc...

Jojo Moyes, writer
25. jan. 2026 50m

Jojo Moyes is a British novelist and screenwriter. She began her writing career as a journalist and worked at the Egham and Staines News, Independent...

Kate Winslet, actor
18. jan. 2026 52m

Kate Winslet is an actor who achieved global fame playing Rose DeWitt Bukater, opposite Leonard DiCaprio as Jack Dawson, in the 1997 James Cameron epi...

Lee Child, writer
11. jan. 2026 52m

Lee Child is a writer who is best known for his series of bestselling novels featuring Jack Reacher. Reacher is an enigmatic 6ft 5in, 17-stone ex-mil...

Margaret Atwood, writer
4. jan. 2026 53m

Margaret Atwood is a Canadian writer. She has published more than sixty books spanning novels, poetry, short stories, non-fiction, children’s literatu...

Gordon Buchanan, cameraman and presenter
28. dec. 2025 49m

Gordon Buchanan is a wildlife cameraman and TV presenter. He is best known for the Animal Family & Me series of BBC documentaries in which he get...

Sir Salman Rushdie, writer
21. dec. 2025 50m

Sir Salman Rushdie is a writer who has written over 20 books, seven of which have been nominated for the Booker Prize. In 1981 he won with his novel ...

Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Computer Scientist
14. dec. 2025 51m

Sir Tim Berners-Lee is a computer scientist and the inventor of the World Wide Web. \nHe was born in 1955, a golden year for technology innovators. ...

Sally Mann, photographer and writer
7. dec. 2025 51m

Sally Mann is a photographer and a New York Times bestselling writer. She is best known for making large-format black and white photographs of the peo...

Lorraine Kelly, broadcaster
30. nov. 2025 50m

Lorraine Kelly is a journalist and broadcaster who has been a mainstay of daytime television for over 40 years. She has hosted her own show Lorraine ...

Lennie James, actor
23. nov. 2025 51m

Lennie James is a British actor and writer. In 2025, he received the BAFTA for Leading Actor for his portrayal of Barrington Walker in the TV adaptati...

Mary Greenwell, makeup artist
16. nov. 2025 48m

Mary Greenwell is a makeup artist who has worked with some of the most famous faces in the world including Christy Turlington, Linda Evangelista, Davi...

Ronnie Wood, musician
9. nov. 2025 50m

Ronnie Wood is a musician and artist who has been a major player on the UK music scene for over 60 years. In 1975 Ronnie became a member of the Rollin...

Angela Harding, artist
2. nov. 2025 52m

Angela Harding is an artist, printmaker and illustrator. Based in Rutland, Angela’s work is inspired by the countryside of the British Isles, and in ...

Michael Sheen, actor
26. okt. 2025 51m

Michael Sheen is an award-winning actor.After finding his love for the stage with the West Glamorgan Youth theatre as a teenager, he studied at the Ro...

Maggie Alphonsi, broadcaster and former rugby player
14. sep. 2025 49m

Maggie Alphonsi is a broadcaster and former rugby player. She was part of the England team which took home the 2014 Women’s Rugby World Cup and by th...

Professor Dame Carol Robinson, scientist
7. sep. 2025 50m

Professor Dame Carol Robinson is a scientist who was the first female professor of Chemistry at both Cambridge and Oxford Universities. She has been ...

Harry Hill, comedian
31. aug. 2025 50m

Harry Hill is a comedian, writer and broadcaster best known for presenting popular television shows including You’ve Been Framed, Junior Bake Off and ...

Monica Dolan, actor
23. aug. 2025 50m

Monica Dolan is a BAFTA and Olivier award winning actor. She is equally at home playing a wrongfully accused postmistress in Mr Bates Vs the Post Off...

Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
16. aug. 2025 51m

Gustavo Dudamel is a Venezuelan conductor, violinist and composer. He is known for bringing humour and joy to the podium. He is currently director o...

Ash Atalla, producer
10. aug. 2025 50m

Ash Atalla is a television producer whose first hit was the BBC sitcom The Office, starring Ricky Gervais. He followed it up with the IT Crowd, People...

Carol Klein, gardener
2. aug. 2025 50m

Carol Klein is a gardener, broadcaster and longtime contributor to BBC Gardeners’ World. She is a six time Chelsea Flower Show gold medal winner, a ...