Season 1

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  7.6/1013 votes

  Leaders

  Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/8/2019

  During his illustrious broadcasting career, Sir Trevor McDonald has interviewed many of the top politicians of our time. In the first episode of Icons, he argues that a political leader deserves to be crowned the public's icon of the 20th Century. From the darkness of 1940s Blitz Britain to a hopeful new South Africa, Sir Trevor tells a story of four iconic leaders: Winston Churchill, Franklin D Roosevelt, Margaret Thatcher and Nelson Mandela.

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  7.6/1014 votes

  Explorers

  Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/9/2019

  The second in series charts the story of exploration in the 20th century with the public deciding who the greatest explorer was.

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  8.5/1015 votes

  Scientists

  Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/14/2019

  Exploring the achievements of the greatest figures of the 20th century. Chris Packham assesses the lives of Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, Alan Turing and Tu You You.

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  7.7/1015 votes

  Entertainers

  Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/15/2019

  Exploring the achievements of the greatest figures of the 20th century. Kathleen Turner looks at Charlie Chaplin, Billie Holiday, Marilyn Monroe and David Bowie.

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  7.9/1011 votes

  Activists

  Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 1/21/2019

  Exploring the achievements of the greatest figures of the 20th century. Examining the lives of Emmeline Pankhurst, Mahatma Gandhi, Helen Keller and Martin Luther King Jr.

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  7.9/1015 votes

  Sports

  Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 1/22/2019

  Exploring the achievements of the greatest figures of the 20th century. Exploring the legacies of sports stars Pele, Muhammad Ali, Billie Jean King and Tanni Grey-Thompson.

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  7.8/1017 votes

  Artists & Writers

  Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 1/29/2019

  Exploring the achievements of the greatest figures of the 20th century. Lily Cole looks at Pablo Picasso, Virginia Woolf, Alfred Hitchcock and Andy Warhol.

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  7.5/1011 votes

  Live Final

  Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 2/5/2019

  The live final of the series exploring the achievements of some of the greatest figures of the 20th century. The public vote for who they believe should be called the greatest.

  Director: Unknown

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