In Nelson Mandela: From Conflict to Icon, host Trevor McDonald explores the remarkable journey of Nelson Mandela from his early days as a revolutionary to his imprisonment and eventual global acclaim as a symbol of peace. Despite his association with peace and harmony today, Mandela's path was marked by conflict and controversy. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Icons: The Greatest Person of the 20th Century, a documentary series celebrating the achievements of the most influential figures of the era.
In Billie Holiday: A Voice Against Injustice, host Kathleen Turner explores the early struggles of the legendary jazz singer, Billie Holiday. Rising from a tragic childhood, Holiday overcame unimaginable hardships to captivate the world with her unique voice, even as she faced overt racism. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Icons: The Greatest Person of the 20th Century, a documentary series celebrating the achievements of the most influential figures of the era.
In Charlie Chaplin: From the Workhouse to Global Superstar, host Kathleen Turner explores how Chaplin created his iconic character and became a global superstar. Drawing on his music hall roots and personal experiences of poverty, Chaplin's physical comedy revolutionized early cinema. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Icons: The Greatest Person of the 20th Century, a documentary series celebrating the achievements of the most influential figures of the era.
In The Large Hadron Collider: Traveling Back in Time, narrator Kate Yule describes how the Large Hadron Collider aims to illustrate how the Universe came into being. In the collider, time dilation can be seen in action where beams of protons smash into each other at high speed. The particles created by this process help us to understand the early Universe. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Einstein & Hawking: Masters of Our Universe, a mind-bending documentary that tells the story of how the two most famous scientists of the 20th Century transformed our understanding of the Universe and changed the world.
In Nelson Mandela: From Conflict to Icon, host Trevor McDonald explores the remarkable journey of Nelson Mandela from his early days as a revolutionary to his imprisonment and eventual global acclaim as a symbol of peace. Despite his association with peace and harmony today, Mandela's path was marked by conflict and controversy. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Icons: The Greatest Person of the 20th Century, a documentary series celebrating the achievements of the most influential figures of the era.
In Billie Holiday: A Voice Against Injustice, host Kathleen Turner explores the early struggles of the legendary jazz singer, Billie Holiday. Rising from a tragic childhood, Holiday overcame unimaginable hardships to captivate the world with her unique voice, even as she faced overt racism. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Icons: The Greatest Person of the 20th Century, a documentary series celebrating the achievements of the most influential figures of the era.
In Charlie Chaplin: From the Workhouse to Global Superstar, host Kathleen Turner explores how Chaplin created his iconic character and became a global superstar. Drawing on his music hall roots and personal experiences of poverty, Chaplin's physical comedy revolutionized early cinema. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Icons: The Greatest Person of the 20th Century, a documentary series celebrating the achievements of the most influential figures of the era.
In The Large Hadron Collider: Traveling Back in Time, narrator Kate Yule describes how the Large Hadron Collider aims to illustrate how the Universe came into being. In the collider, time dilation can be seen in action where beams of protons smash into each other at high speed. The particles created by this process help us to understand the early Universe. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Einstein & Hawking: Masters of Our Universe, a mind-bending documentary that tells the story of how the two most famous scientists of the 20th Century transformed our understanding of the Universe and changed the world.