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The Greats

26 episodes 92%4KCC

Meet the minds, monarchs, rebels, and visionaries who changed history.

From the Wright brothers and Albert Einstein to Martin Luther King Jr., Jane Fonda, and Queen Elizabeth II, this series spotlights remarkable figures across science, politics, activism, and culture. Each episode reveals how ambition, intellect, and influence shaped the modern world. Sign up to watch a richly varied portrait of greatness, one story at a time.

Episode guide

26 episodes
1
1Episode 1
This episode features: Martin Luther King, Jr., The Wright Brothers, Jane Fonda, Albert Einstein and Queen Elizabeth II.
24 min
2
2Episode 2
This episode features: Queen Elizabeth II (Part 2), Babe Ruth, Oprah Winfrey, Ernest Shackleton and Barbra Streisand.
24 min
3
3Episode 3
This episode features: Indira Gandhi, Muhammad Ali, Nelson Mandela, Elizabeth Taylor and Alfred Hitchcock.
25 min
4
4Episode 4
This episode features: Nelson Mandela (Part 2), Dame Nellie Melba, Pablo Picasso, Richard Branson and Marilyn Monroe.
24 min
5
5Episode 5
This episode features: Marilyn Monroe (Part 2), Rupert Murdoch, The Beatles and Margaret Thatcher.
24 min
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6Episode 6
This episode features: Margaret Thatcher (Part 2), Salvador Dali, Dolly Parton, Jesse Owens and Humphrey Bogart.
24 min
7
7Episode 7
This episode features: Neil Armstrong, Anita Roddick, Charlie Chaplin, Vivienne Westwood and Abdel Nasser.
24 min
8
8Episode 8
This episode features: Abdel Nasser (Part 2), Amelia Earhart, George Lucas, Annika Sörenstam and Grace Kelly.
24 min
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9Episode 9
This episode features: Jimmy Carter, Vivien Leigh, Jack Dempsey, Anne Frank and Princess Diana.
24 min
10
10Episode 10
This episode features: Princess Diana (Part 2), Aung San Suu Kyi, Danny Kaye, Martina Navratilova and George Bernard Shaw.
24 min
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11Episode 11
This episode features: George Bernard Shaw, Torvill and Dean, Guglielmo Marconi, Audrey Hepburn and Winston Churchill.
24 min
12
12Episode 12
This episode features: Winston Churchill (Part 2), Mother Teresa, Manolo Blahnik, Vera Lynn and Sir Edmund Hillary.
24 min
13
13Episode 13
This episode features: Luciano Pavarotti, Rudyard Kipling, Judy Garland, Michael Schumacher and JFK.
24 min
14
14Episode 14
This episode features: JFK (Part 2), Edith Piaf, Tiger Woods, Eleanor Roosevelt and Walt Disney.
24 min
15
15Episode 15
This episode features: Thomas Edison, Diane Keaton, Pele, Frida Kahlo and Mikhail Gorbachev.
24 min
16
16Episode 16
This episode features: Mikhail Gorbachev (Part 2), Marie Curie, Sophia Loren, Robert Goddard and Arthur Miller.
24 min
17
17Episode 17
This episode features: Arthur Miller, Golda Meir, Marcel Marceau, Julie Andrews and Elvis.
24 min
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18Episode 18
This episode features: Elvis (Part 2), Helen Keller, Barbara Walters, Bill Gates and Suffragettes.
24 min
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19Episode 19
This episode features: Suffragettes (Part 2), Hanan Ashrawi, Steven Spielberg, J.K. Rowling and Roger Bannister.
24 min
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20Episode 20
This episode features: Dame Judi Dench, David Beckham, Peter Sellers, Jean Batten and President Bill Clinton.
24 min
21
21Episode 21
This episode features: President Bill Clinton (Part 2), Mick Jagger, Noel Coward, Nancy Astor and Cary Grant.
24 min
22
22Episode 22
This episode features: Katharine Hepburn, Gandhi, Johnny Cash, Beatrix Potter and Benazir Bhutto.
24 min
23
23Episode 23
This episode features: Hedy Lamarr, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Magic Johnson, Patti Smith and Yuri Gagarin.
24 min
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24Episode 24
This episode features: Benjamin Franklin, Bette Davis, Joe Louis, Madonna and Orson Welles.
24 min
25
25Episode 25
This episode features: Yitzhak Rabin, Carole King, Jack Nicklaus, Marlene Dietrich and Paul Robeson.
24 min
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26Episode 26
This episode features: Joe DiMaggio, Woody Allen, Xanana Gusmão, Laurence Oliver and Mary Pickford.
24 min
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