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Afua Hirsch and Peter Frankopan tell the wild stories of some of the most extraordinary men and women ever to have lived – and ask whether they have the rep they deserve. Should Nina Simone’s role in the civil rights movement be more celebrated than it is? When you find out what Picasso got up to in his studio, can you still admire his art? Was Napoleon a hero or a tyrant - or both? (And, while we’re at it, was he even short?) Legacy is the show that looks at big lives from the perspective of no...
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Episodes (180)
Stalin | The Terror | 2
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Stalin | The Georgian Bandit | 1
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Freud | Goodnight Vienna | 4
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Freud | Battle of The Egos | 3
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Freud | A Meeting Of Minds | 2
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Freud | Mommy's Boy | 1
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John Lennon | Imagine | 4
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John Lennon | All You Need is Love | 3
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John Lennon | Love Me Do | 2
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John Lennon | The Boy Everyone Wanted | 1
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Genghis Khan | The Final Campaign | 4
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Genghis Khan | Sackings and Slaughter | 3
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Genghis Khan | The Unstoppable Khan | 2
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Genghis Khan | Survival of the Fittest | 1
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Marie Antoinette | The Grim Finale | 4
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Marie Antoinette | At The Mercy of The Mob | 3
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Marie Antoinette | Queen of Scandal | 2
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Marie Antoinette | A Princess and a Pawn | 1
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Charles Dickens | The Final Curtain | 4
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Legacy and British Scandal Special: The Scandalous Life of Charles Dickens | 5
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Charles Dickens | A Very Dickens Christmas | 3
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Charles Dickens | Dickensmania | 2
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Charles Dickens | Hard Times | 1
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Winston Churchill | Blood, Toil, Tears & Sweat | 4
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Winston Churchill | His Finest Hour | 3
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Winston Churchill | The Unsinkable Politician | 2
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Winston Churchill | Born To Rule | 1
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John F. Kennedy | Camelot Comes Crashing Down | 4
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John F. Kennedy | Clash of The Cold Warriors | 3
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John F. Kennedy | Violence at Home and Abroad | 2
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John F. Kennedy | The Poor Little Rich Boy | 1
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Marilyn Monroe | Who Killed the Movie Star? | 4
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Marilyn Monroe | Drama, Drink and Drugs | 3
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Marilyn Monroe | Becoming Marilyn | 2
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Marilyn Monroe | The Foster Kid Who Loved The Movies | 1
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Encore: Cecil Rhodes | Must Rhodes Fall? | 4
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Encore: Cecil Rhodes | A Brooding Spirit | 3
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Encore: Cecil Rhodes | The Rise of Rhodesia | 2
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Encore: Cecil Rhodes | Eureka! | 1
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Bob Marley | One Love | 4
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Bob Marley | Catching Fire | 3
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Bob Marley | The Rise of the Rasta | 2
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Bob Marley | The Captain's Son | 1
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Hoover | The Deep State Lives On | 4
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Hoover | Civil Rights and Dirty Tricks | 3
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Hoover | Guns, Gangsters and G-Men | 2
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Hoover | The Library Clerk Who Became All Powerful | 1
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Margaret Thatcher | We’re All Thatcherites Now | 4
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Margaret Thatcher | Strikes, Bombs, & Selling the Silver | 3
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Margaret Thatcher | Cuts, Riots, & War | 2
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