John Lennon is the only musician left in the race for the title of Greatest Briton of all time. The BBC survey last night counted down the Top 100 Greatest Britons according to viewers' votes - David Bowie, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, John Lydon, Cliff Richard, Freddie Mercury, Boy George and Robbie Williams all appeared. The Top 10 was unrated delivered in alphabetical order. There is now a second stage of voting to decide which of the top ten should be called the Greatest Briton of all time. Of the ten two are politicians, two are royal, two are scientists, there's a general and an engineer. William Shakespeare and John Lennon represent the arts. Programmes looking at the case for each of the top ten will now air over the next month before the final top ten is counted down. You can vote at www.bbc.co.uk/history/programmes/greatbritons/
Oct 21, 2002
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Lennon represents music in Great Britons top ten
John Lennon is the only musician in the BBC's top ten of Greatest Britons, which moves to a second voting stage to pick the overall winner.