22.02.20 | In the second episode of season 9 of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast we take a brief look at the life of Lord of the Rings author J. R. R. Tolkien.
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22.02.20 | In the first episode of season 9 of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a brief look at the life of entrepreneur and philanthropist Joh D. Rockefeller.
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19.02.20 | In the tenth and final episode of season 8 of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a brief look at the life of one of the founding fathers of the United States of America - Alexander Hamilton.
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19.02.20 | In the ninth episode of season 8 of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a brief look at the life of the renaissance artist who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome - Michelangelo.
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18.02.20 | In the eighth episode of season 8 of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast we take a brief look at the life of the man who had a hand in the building of the Statue of Liberty and who also has an iconic landmark tower in Paris named after him - Gustave Eif...
16.02.20 | In the seventh episode of season 8 of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a brief look at the life of an American cultural hero who became known as the King of the Wild Frontier - Davy Crockett.
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16.02.20 | In the sixth episode of season 8 of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a brief look at the life of one of the most beautiful women in the history of Hollywood - Lana Turner.
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12.02.20 | In the fifth episode of season 8 of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a brief look at the life of the first man to step foot on the surface of the moon - Neil Armstrong.
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12.02.20 | In the fourth episode of season 8 of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a brief look at the life of a pioneering female aviator who was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean and whose disappearance remains a mystery to this day - Am...
11.02.20 | In the third episode of season 8 of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a brief look at the life of the man who Buster Keaton called "the funniest" - Stan Laurel.
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11.02.20 | In the second episode of season 8 of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a brief look at the life of the man who made it possible for blind people to read and write - Louis Braille.
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04.07.19 | In the first episode of season 8 of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast we take a brief look at the life of the world's first computer programmer - Ada Lovelace
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27.06.19 | In the tenth and final episode of season 7 of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast we take a brief look at the life of the man who is considered to be the father of modern computing - Charles Babbage
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27.06.19 | In episode 9 of the seventh season of 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a brief look at the life of one of the World's favourite children's authors and illustrators - Beatrix Potter.
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25.04.19 | In episode 8 of the seventh season of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a brief look at the life of mathematics genius, philosopher and Nobel Prize winner - Bertrand Russell.
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18.04.19 | In episode 7 of the seventh season of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a brief look at the ultimately tragic life of a true legend of jazz music - Billie Holiday.
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11.04.19 | In episode 6 of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a brief look at the life of the first black baseball player to be called up to the major leagues - Jackie Robinson.
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04.04.19 | In episode 5 of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a brief look at the life of one of the most graceful dancers and actresses from the golden age of cinema. She made ten films with Fred Astaire and she is of course - Ginger Rogers.
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28.03.19 | In episode 4 of season 7 of 5 Minute Biographies, we take a brief look at the life of a man who set the foundation for modern optics and produced groundbreaking work on planetary motion coming up with fundemental laws of motion along the way - Johan...
21.03.19 | In episode 3 of season 7 of 5 Minute Biographies, we take a brief look at the life of a man who arguably defined a music genre but was also successful in many others - Elvis Presley.
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14.03.19 | In the second episode of season seven of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a brief look at the life of a man whose rose from nothing to become Archbishop of Canterbury, only to be killed by a King who couldn't get what he wanted - Thomas Beck...
07.03.19 | In the first episode of season seven of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a brief look at the life of a man whose name has become synonymous with the word 'genius' - Albert Einstein.
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20.12.18 | In the 10th and final episode of season 6 of 5 Minute Biographies we take a brief look at the life of the man who Rolling Stone magazine called "the greatest rock star ever" - David Bowie.
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13.12.18 | In the ninth episode of season 6 of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a brief look at the life of an actress and humanitarian who has been described by some as the most beautiful woman in the world and the most beautiful woman of the 20th Cen...
06.12.18 | In the eighth episode of season 6 of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a brief look at the life of an author who wrote episodes for Doctor Who and worked with Monty Python, but will probably always be remembered for his amazing comedy sci-fi ...
29.11.18 | In the seventh episode of season 6 of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a brief look at the life of the man who drafted the Declaration of Independence and was the third President of the United States - Thomas Jefferson.
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22.11.18 | In the sixth episode of season 6 of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a brief look at the life of a World War II combat veteran who was wounded in action and went on to become one of Hollywood's best loved Western and war movie actors - Lee ...
15.11.18 | In the fifth episode of season 6 of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a brief look at the life of the man who gave us Shere Khan, Bagheera and of course the young orphan boy called Mowgli in his Jungle Books, the author Rudyard Kipling.
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08.11.18 | In the fourth episode of season 6 of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a brief look at the life of the woman who is remembered for refusing to give up her bus seat and who went on to become one of the best-known figures in the fight for racia...
01.11.18 | In the third episode of season 6 of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a brief look at the life of the man who is remembered as the main conspirator in the gunpowder plot - Guy Fawkes.
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