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Mario Vargas Llosa - A giant of Latin American literature
10:34|Nobel prize winning author with an insatiable intellectual curiosity who also ran a failed attempt to become president of his native country - Peru .Picture credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images
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Clem Burke - Blondie’s Beating Heart
07:30|Drummer Clem Burke powered the sound of punk and new wave, and played with Dylan, the Ramones and Iggy Pop as well as Blondie. This week we explore the life of rock's tireless rhythm machine, and some of the science behind his seismic beat.Image Credit: Getty
Captain Richard Farnfield - Cold War Submarine Commander
06:00|Cold War Royal Navy captain who trailed a soviet ballistic submarine for more than ten thousand miles without being detected. He would go on to command the 10th Submarine Squadron, which operated the Polaris nuclear deterrent.Photo credit: Farnfield family
Val Kilmer - A Hollywood Firecracker
12:11|A Hollywood legend renowned for roles in Top Gun and The Doors, but with a career marked by dedication to craft and a volatile on-set persona. From his early days at Juilliard to his battle with throat cancer, Kilmer’s journey was as dramatic as his performances.Photo Credit: Getty
Constable Trevor Lock - Hero of the Iranian Embassy Siege
09:59|Constable Trevor Lock found himself at the centre of one of Britain’s most infamous events - the Iranian Embassy siege. The six-day stand-off ended with the dramatic storming of the building by the SAS in 1980. Despite his vital role in saving countless lives, Trevor Lock never courted publicity: He simply did his duty.Photo credit: Getty
Anne Frank - Her 80th Anniversary
10:54|This week The Times publishes an obituary of Anne Frank, eighty years after her death. She was fifteen when she died in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945, after two years in hiding. Her diary has been published in more than eighty languages and provides a vivid insight into the life of a young jewish girl who has become an emblem of the suffering of all Holocaust victims.Photo credit: Alamy
Primrose Dunlop - Australian Socialite and Countess.
06:48|The Australian socialite who chased a fairytale title across continents, only to be left jilted at the altar by a so-called Ottoman prince. But she would rewrite her story, later marrying for love and becoming an unexpected countess.Photo credit: Getty