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I Wish I'd Met Episodes

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    Charles Dickens

    Writer Edward Blishen imagines friendship with the fervent genius Charles Dickens

  2. Mary Kingsley

    Edna Healey imagines meeting Mary Kingsley, pioneering Victorian scientist and explorer

  3. Khrushchev

    What was Khrushchev, leader of the Soviet Union during the height of the cold war, like?

  4. Haydn

    British conductor Jane Glover imagines meeting Austrian composer Joseph Haydn

  5. David Lloyd George

    British trade union leader Clive Jenkin chooses Liberal politician David Lloyd George

  6. Francis Bacon

    Lord Asa Briggs chooses English philosopher statesman and scientist Francis Bacon