COLLECTION · Series · 2019

Icons

Name: Icons
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 60 min
Rating: 8

Exploring the achievements of the greatest figures of the 20th century. The public vote for their favourites, ultimately deciding who is the greatest icon of them all.

Source: TMDB

* 8.0 (1)DocumentaryUnited Kingdom

Countries

United Kingdom

Studios

BBC Two

Runtime

60 min/ep

Release

08/01/2019

Score

8.0 / 10 (1)

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Seasons and episodes

Season 1

8 episodes · 2019

Episode 1. Leaders

2019-01-08 · 60 min

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…

Episode 2. Explorers

2019-01-09 · 60 min

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

Episode 3. Scientists

2019-01-14 · 60 min

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.

Episode 4. Entertainers

2019-01-15 · 60 min

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

Episode 5. Activists

2019-01-21 · 60 min

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.

Episode 6. Sports

2019-01-22 · 60 min

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.

Episode 7. Artists & Writers

2019-01-29 · 60 min

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

Episode 8. Live Final

2019-02-05 · 60 min

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.

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