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Yayoi Kusama: The artist who painted infinity
Also, war criminal Ratko Mladić, actor Tim Curry and luthier Violet Hensley.

Dolly Parton: From the Smoky Mountains to Glastonbury Legend
Also, journalist Dierdre McSharry, Professor Pat Easterling and rugby's Sir Billy Boston.

Zhu Rongji: The reformist Chinese Premier who ordered 100 coffins
Also, Professor Paul Veys, actress Hayden Panettiere and conservationist Rosemary Parslow.

William Orbit: The pioneering DJ who reinvented Madonna
Also, Long Marcher Wang Quanying journalist Lady Hornby and horse trainer Monty Roberts.

Rod Liddle: Part-time punk turned professional provocateur
Also, music manager Vicki Wickham, artist Simone Forti and director Justin Hardy.

Gunther von Hagens: The life of "Dr Death" the man who founded Body Worlds
Also, businessman Sir Ian Wood, historian Juliet Gardiner, and dancer Dinkie Flowers.

Brenda Fricker: The first Irish woman to win an Oscar
Also, journalist David Willey, horticulturalist David Austin and aviator Wally Funk.

Sam Neill: the silent child with a stutter who became a movie star
Matthew Bannister on two actors, a musician and a chef.

Bonnie Tyler: How the "sweet soul singer" found her growl
Matthew Bannister on an iconic singer, dissident bookseller, cosmonaut and a TV director.

The Good Life of Dame Penelope Keith
Matthew Bannister on an acting icon, crusading journalist, silent sister, ringmistress.