Queen Elizabeth II
The New Elizabethans: Queen Elizabeth II who celebrates her Diamond Jubilee this year. As the longest-lived and second-longest-reigning mona...
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The New Elizabethans
James Naughtie profiles 60 public figures nominated to mark the diamond jubilee
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20 of 59 episodesSimon Cowell
Simon Cowell is today's New Elizabethan. Cowell started out on Pop Idol in 2001, before devising X-Factor and Britain's Got Talent. Franchis...
Rupert Murdoch
The New Elizabethans: Rupert Murdoch the global media magnate whose career began when he inherited newspapers from his father, founded Austr...
Fred Goodwin
The New Elizabethans: James Naughtie examines the legacy of banker Fred Goodwin. Having turned the Royal Bank of Scotland into a major playe...
Tony Blair
The New Elizabethans: Tony Blair James Naughtie considers the political legacy of Tony Blair, the youngest and longest serving Labour Prime...
Alex Salmond
The New Elizabethans: Alex Salmond Jim Naughtie considers the influence of Alex Salmond, one of the leading Scottish politicians of the Seco...
Diana, Princess of Wales
The New Elizabethans: Jim Naughtie on Diana, Princess of Wales whose glamorous life and untimely death touched the lives of million, shook t...
Tim Berners-Lee
The New Elizabethans: Jim Naughtie on Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web and unlikely hero of the Olympic opening ceremony. Ber...
Doreen Lawrence
The New Elizabethans: Doreen Lawrence. Jim Naughtie considers the achievement of the mother of murdered teenager, Stephen Lawrence, whose ca...
John Hume/David Trimble
Jim Naughtie on John Hume and David Trimble who shared the Nobel Peace Prize after the Good Friday Agreement and whose lives help to illumin...
Goldie
The New Elizabethans: Goldie. James Naughtie considers the contribution of musician, artist, actor and DJ Goldie to the rise of dance music...
Charles Saatchi
The New Elizabethans: Charles Saatchi James Naughtie reflects on the high flyer from the advertising world Charles Saatchi. The company he f...
Norman Foster
The New Elizabethans: Norman Foster. James Naughtie considers the significance of the British architect whose prolific output has transforme...
Anita Roddick
The New Elizabethans: Anita Roddick. James Naughtie considers the influence of one of Britain's most successful businesswomen, Anita Roddick...
Salman Rushdie
The New Elizabethans: Salman Rushdie James Naughtie portrays the British Indian novelist Salman Rushdie, whose celebrated novel Midnight's C...
Amartya Sen
The New Elizabethans: Amartya Sen the Nobel-winning laureate known as the Mother Theresa of economics for his work understanding and fightin...
Ralph Robins
The New Elizabethans. Ralph Robins James Naughtie on one of the foremost industrialists of the second Elizabethan age, Ralph Robins, who is...
Billy Connolly
James Naughtie considers Scottish comedian Billy Connolly, who went from from the Clyde shipyards to being one of the UK's most popular and...
David Hockney
Born in Bradford, artist David Hockney's work has been shown around the globe. Now 75, his recent exhibition at London's Royal Academy, 'The...
Margaret Thatcher
The New Elizabethans. Margaret Thatcher, politician. James Naughtie considers the lasting influence of Margaret Thatcher, the longest servin...