Professor Robert Winston picks items from the library's collection, selecting a colleague's pioneering lab notes and Beethoven's notebook.

On a special tour of the British Library, Meera Syal discovers everything from Jane Austen's personal letters to Sir John Gielgud's scrapbooks.

Musician Jamie Cullum explores the British Library and picks out six intriguing items that have special personal meaning to him.

Author and Gruffalo creator Julia Donaldson explores the archives of the British Library, selecting a host of profound books that have inspired her.

Poet Benjamin Zephaniah explores the British Library, picking out a host of fascinating items, including one of the first bank notes ever printed.

Musician Alison Balsom takes a personal tour of the British Library, unearthing charts made for Tudor royalty and the actual ink used by Leonardo da Vinci.