"I'm a super-introverted person. I don't even wear shoes with heels because I hate making a noise when I walk."
Explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes
"I get embarrassed about how many medals I've won" Lee Pearson, Team GB Paralympian.
"Nobody comes to your door and gives you money. You have to go out of the door and earn everything. You have to go on the football field and win to achieve and earn your money.”
Tommy Docherty, former Manchester United and Scotland manager
Anna Calvi, musician
Andrew Davies, BAFTA-winning screenwriter at home
"Historically there is a lot of creativity here. Everybody is a car guy, everybody had ideas and knows what to do and how to do it. And if you do not apply a strong leadership then it's a risk you get a patchwork." Ulrich Bez, Aston Martin CEO.
Jules Ndumba, former Congolese secret police torturer
“She is bonded to me. She trusts me, and will listen out for where I am.” Falconer Chris Miller with "Skye", his Golden Eagle.
"The money, the football... it ended up getting too much, where I thought to myself: 'I can't carry on here.' It was horrible" Lee Hendrie, former Premiership footballer. He attempted suicide twice when bankrupt
Greg Doran, assistant director of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
"I never wanted to be a literary writer. I wanted to be an entertainer. All I wanted was to give what a lot of writers had given me: a good time on a bad day." M C Beaton, author.
“I developed a tendency to fire over people’s heads. I had no objection to frightening them. I just didn’t want to hurt them.” George Evans, pacifist war veteran
Amnesiac
Actor, Ralph Fiennes
Knife maker
Amerah Saleh, performance poet
James Saunders Watson, owner of Rockingham Castle
Theresa Daly, one of the many female workers at Birmingham City Council, who won a payout, after years of being underpaid.
Actor Phil Davis
Clare Morrall, author
Alan McTaggart, a former factory worker, who found himself on the streets when the death of his partner triggered depression and lost him his home
Dave Hill of ‘70s rock band Slade
Bruce Robinson, writer and director of "Withnail & I"