'Great Lives' is a biographical show from the BBC where notable guests choose somebody who's inspired them, and tell host Matthew Parris why.It's been going since 2001, and is now onto it's 48th series, so it's already got hundreds of 'great lives' to choose from! In our featured episode the comedian and TV star Matt Lucas is joined by Freddie Mercury's biographer Lesley-Anne Jones, to explain why the Queen frontman has always been a source of inspiration. Great Lives is presented by Matthew Parris and produced by Miles Warde for BBC Radio 4.
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