The biography show where famous guests choose a life they admire or love. Our only rule is their choice must be dead. David Attenborough chose the first man to draw a flea under a microscope, Sara Pascoe picked the writer Virginia Woolf, and Arlo Parks an American musician who inspired her debut album. We then match our guest with a biographer or family member in the studio – someone who really knows about their choice of life. This way, enthusiasm (and occasional obsession) meets understand ...
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Incarnations: India in 50 Lives
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The history of India told through the lives of 50 phenomenal people.
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