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Age of the Image
Episode 2 - Power Games
- Broadcast
- 2020 (59 mins)
James Fox explores how mass communication and new technology helped twentieth century image makers transform society, as films, photographs, TV, art and advertising all became weapons in the ideological...
Age of the Image
Episode 3 - Seductive Dreams
- Broadcast
- 2020 (59 mins)
James Fox tells the story of how, in the second half of the 20th century, artists, advertisers and film-makers used the power of images to sell us dreams. From the influence of Kodak on our family photos to...
Age of the Image
Episode 4 - Fake Dreams
- Broadcast
- 2020 (59 mins)
In the final episode of the series, James Fox explores how the image has become both more powerful - and less trusted - than ever before. As images increasingly surround us - on our phones, on billboards, in...
The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway - Series 3
Episode 1
- Broadcast
- 2019 (58 mins)
With exclusive access, this returning series follows the construction workers of Crossrail as they battle to finish the final stages of the new Elizabeth Line underground railway beneath the streets of...
The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway - Series 4
Episode 2
- Broadcast
- 2019 (59 mins)
With exclusive access, this returning series follows the construction workers of Crossrail as they battle to finish the final stages of the new Elizabeth Line underground railway beneath the streets of...
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Leaders
- Broadcast
- 2019 (58 mins)
The 20th Century was a time of extraordinary change. One hundred years of progress which shaped not only the society of the day, but generations to come. A century of seismic shifts, that saw countless...
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Explorers
- Broadcast
- 2019 (59 mins)
The second in the ICONS series, Explorers is an hour-long documentary charting the story of Exploration in the 20th Century. Passionate about the subject since he was a child, tonight’s episode sees Dermot...
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Scientists
- Broadcast
- 2019 (58 mins)
This episode sees naturalist Chris Packham, who has spent his career studying the world around us, assess the lives of the 20th century’s greatest scientists. Chris will examine the lives of Marie Curie,...
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Activists
- Broadcast
- 2019 (58 mins)
Sanjeev Bhaskar explore the lives of the 20th century’s greatest activists, examining the lives of Emmeline Pankhurst, Mahatma Gandhi, Helen Keller and Martin Luther King Jr. He’ll assess the qualities...
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Live Final
- Broadcast
- 2019 (61 mins)
In this live final hosted by Claudia Winkleman and Nick Robinson, the celebrity advocates return to fight their winning icon’s case, and the public vote for the person they think was the greatest figure of...