1999

Stephen Sackur

Self - Host

Age 35 (now 62)

Louise Arbour

Shimon Peres

Age 75 (died at 93)

John Fashanu

Age 36 (now 63)

Javier Solana

Age 56 (now 83)

David Shayler

Age 33 (now 60)

Gerry Robinson

Ben Kingsley

Age 55 (now 82)

Nina Simone

Age 65 (died at 70)

Roberto Benigni

Age 46 (now 73)

Paddy Ashdown

Age 57 (died at 77)

Griff Rhys Jones

Age 45 (now 72)

Richard Dreyfuss

Age 51 (now 78)

Rod Steiger

Age 73 (died at 77)

Terry Pratchett

Age 50 (died at 66)

Saeed Jaffrey

Age 70 (died at 86)

Harold Pinter

Age 68 (died at 78)

Shaun Pollock

Olara Otunnu

Ike Turner

Age 67 (died at 76)

Christiaan Barnard

Age 76 (died at 78)

Helmut Kohl

Age 68 (died at 87)

Edward Heath

Age 82 (died at 89)