1997

Stephen Sackur

Self - Host

Age 33 (now 62)

Yehudi Menuhin

Age 80 (died at 82)

Edward Said

Age 61 (died at 67)

Alan Rusbridger

George Melly

Age 70 (died at 80)

Dmitri Hvorostovsky

Age 34 (died at 55)

Robert Mugabe

Age 73 (died at 95)

Jackie Collins

Age 59 (died at 77)

Georg Solti

Age 84 (died at 84)

Ehud Barak

Age 55 (now 84)

Tenzin Gyatso

Age 61 (now 90)

Ute Lemper

Age 33 (now 62)

Nelson Mandela

Age 78 (died at 95)

Sylvie Guillem

Age 32 (now 61)

Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

Age 71 (died at 94)

Eddie Izzard

Age 35 (now 64)

Alexander Lebed

Age 46 (died at 52)

Ismail Merchant

Age 60 (died at 68)

Tom Clancy

Age 49 (died at 66)