Download John Surtees, Gordon Thomas, Sir Howard Hodgkin, H. Boyd Woodruff, Joni Sledge
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The racing driver John Surtees who won world championships on two wheels and four.
Gordon Thomas who wrote best selling books about espionage and religion.
Sir Howard Hodgkin - one of the UK's most admired modern painters.
H. Boyd Woodruff, the microbiologist who isolated life saving antibiotics in soil.
Joni Sledge one of four singing sisters in the disco group Sister Sledge.
Producer: Neil George.
Published on Friday, 17th March 2017.
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