Profiles Episode Guide

Episode Guide

• Admiral Chester Nimitz

  Adm. Chester Nimitz turns the tide in the Pacific.

• Admiral Richard E. Byrd

  Adm. Richard Byrd explores more uncharted land than anyone before him.

• Admiral William Halsey

  Adm. William 'Bull' Halsey fights the Japanese navy in the South Pacific.

• Adolf Hitler

  Adolf Hitler.

• Adolf Hitler

  Adolf Hitler.

• Aeros
• Amelia Earhart

  Pilot Amelia Earhart lives on in the mythology of America.

• Andrew Lloyd Webber & Ben Elton
• Angels' Gold
• Ashkenazy - Born in the URSS
• Babe Ruth

  Baseball fans enjoy watching Babe Ruth hit home runs and live the good life.

• Billy Mitchell

  World War I flying ace Billy Mitchell takes on the military establishment.

• Central Casting...Next!
• Chaliapin, the Enchanter
• The Chieftains in China
• Christoph Marthaler
• Chuck Jones
• Clarence Darrow

  Lawyer Clarence Darrow defends the rights of the downtrodden.

• Dag Hammarskjold

  Dag Hammarskjold, Secretary-General of the United Nations.

• David Ben-Gurion

  David Ben-Gurion becomes the first prime minister of Israel.

• Death & Life of Federico García Lorca
• Dwight D. Eisenhower

  President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

• Eamon de Valera

  Irish nationalist Eamon de Valera.

• Eleanor Roosevelt

  First Lady and humanitarian Eleanor Roosevelt.

• Elgar's Tenth Muse
• Eva Peron

  Argentina worships Eva Peron, the wife of its leader.

• The Fall of the Third Reich

  Adolf Hitler.

• Fidel Castro

  Cuban leader Fidel Castro.

• Field Marshal Erwin Rommel

  Hitler's Field Marshal Erwin Rommel is known as the Desert Fox.

• Fighting Over Fokine
• Fiorello La Guardia

  New York City mayor Fiorello La Guardia fights corruption.

• Francisco Franco

  Gen. Francisco Franco dominates Spanish life for a quarter-century.

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

  President Franklin D. Roosevelt turns the country around with his New Deal policies.

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

  A war-battered nation looks to FDR for moral support and leadership.

• General George Patton

  Gen. George S. Patton stirs controversy and admiration.

• General John J. Pershing

  Gen. John J. Pershing shapes modern fighting strategies.

• George Balanchine: Dancing for Mr. B.
• George Bernard Shaw.

  Playwright, philosopher and egotist George Bernard Shaw.

• George Marshall

  Gen. George C. Marshall directs a massive postwar drive.

• Gore Vidal
• Grace Kelly

  Grace, Princess of Monaco.

• Grupo Corpo
• Harry S. Truman

  President Harry Truman charms a nation with his no-nonsense manner and courageous spirit.

• Harry S. Truman

  President Harry Truman leads the nation into the atomic age and the Cold War.

• Henri Dutilleux
• Irek Mukhamedov - The Power and the Art
• Ivanov Goes to Moscow
• Jacqueline Du Pré
• Janet Baker - Full Circle
• John Adams

  John Adams.

• John L. Lewis

  Union chief John L. Lewis fights for the rights of coal miners.

• John Travolta
• Knute Rockne: The Man and the Legend

  Notre Dame's Knute Rockne makes football more than just a game.

• Languedoc
• Luciano Supervielle
• Maria Callas - Living and Dying for Love and Art
• Mark Twain

  Storyteller Mark Twain laces his tales with clearheaded cynicism.

• Maxim Vengerov: Playing By Heart
• Maxim Vengrov: Masterclass
• Mozart: the Enigma K621B
• Nicholas Rivenq: The Birth of a Singer
• Nureyev: Dancing Through Darkness
• Rachmaninoff: Longing for Home
• Radiohead
• Riccardo Chailly
• The Rise to Power

  Adolf Hitler.

• Sir Kenneth MacMillan: Out of Line
• Some Days and Nights at the Opera
• Street Theatre
• Theodore Roosevelt

  Teddy Roosevelt lives a life of energy and purpose.

• Thomas Edison

  Thomas Edison invents the electric light, the phonograph and the motion-picture camera.

• Trussardi
• Verónica Villaroel
• Vladimir Ashkenazy: Born in the URSS
• Wallace & Gromit Go to Hollywood
• The Windsors

  The Duke and Duchess of Windsor; Queen Elizabeth II.

• Woodrow Wilson

  American President Woodrow Wilson.

• Yo Yo Ma & The Kalahari Bushmen

  The cellist performs in Southwest Africa with the indigenous music society.