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I Wish I'd Met Episodes

    Charles Dickens

    Writer Edward Blishen imagines friendship with the fervent genius Charles Dickens

    Mary Kingsley

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

    Khrushchev

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

    Haydn

    British conductor Jane Glover imagines meeting Austrian composer Joseph Haydn

    David Lloyd George

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

    Francis Bacon

    Lord Asa Briggs chooses English philosopher statesman and scientist Francis Bacon