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Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words

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About Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words

Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words is a documentary TV series that premiered on BBC Television on August 11, 2011. It has 1 season and 3 episodes so far and is still airing new episodes. The latest episode, Season 1 Episode 3 "The Culture Wars", aired on August 25, 2011.

"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.

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Episodes

3 episodes · 1 season

Season 1

2011 · 3 episodes · Last episode: 15 years ago

Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words Season 1 release dates →
  1. E3

    3. The Culture Wars

    Finale
  2. E2

    2. The Grand Experiment

  3. E1

    1. Human, All Too Human

Cast & crew

  • Lisa Appignanesi

    Self

  • David Attenborough

    David Attenborough

    Self

  • Tanya Byron

    Self

  • Richard Dawkins

    Richard Dawkins

    Self

  • John Freeman

    Self (archive footage)

  • Sigmund Freud

    Sigmund Freud

    Self (archive footage)

  • Jane Goodall

    Jane Goodall

    Self

  • Carl Jung

    Carl Jung

    Self (archive footage)

  • R.D. Laing

    Self (archive footage)

  • Margaret Mead

    Self (archive footage)

  • Stanley Milgram

    Stanley Milgram

    Self (archive footage)

  • Desmond Morris

    Self (archive footage)

  • B.F. Skinner

    Self (archive footage)

  • Tariq Ali

    Tariq Ali

    Self

  • Isaiah Berlin

    Self (archive footage)

  • William Beveridge

    Self (archive footage)

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The most recent episode of Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words, Season 1 Episode 3 "The Culture Wars", aired on August 25, 2011.

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Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words has 1 season with 3 episodes in total.

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