Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words

Overview

"Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words" is a 2011 BBC television documentary mini-series created in partnership with The Open University. It explores the impact of 20th-century cultural, political, and scientific icons by mining rare radio and television archives to let these prominent figures speak directly through their own recorded broadcasts.

Network

• BBC Television

Seasons & Episodes

Cast

• 

  Rebecca Front

  Narrator

  3 eps

• 

  David Attenborough

  Self

  2 eps

• 

  Tariq Ali

  Self / Author

  2 eps

• Lisa Appignanesi

  Self

  1 ep

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