(a Titles & Air Dates Guide)
Last updated:
Wed, 20 Apr 2022 -1:00
A unique scripted talk show in which noted historical figures discuss their lives and philosophies with the show's host.
Show Details:
Start date:
Jan 1977
End date: May 1981
Status: cancelled/ended
Network(s):
PBS (
US)
Run time: 60 min
Episodes: 24 eps
Genre(s): Drama, Historical
Credits:
Episode list & details from:
TVmaze •
TV.com
| Episode # |
Original
Air Date |
Titles |
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| Season 1 |
| |
| 1. | 1-1 | 10 Jan 77 | Cleopatra/Thomas Paine/Theodore Roosevelt/Thomas Aquinas, Part 1 |
| 2. | 1-2 | 17 Jan 77 | Cleopatra/Thomas Paine/Theodore Roosevelt/Thomas Aquinas, Part 2 |
| 3. | 1-3 | 24 Jan 77 | Marie Antoinette/Sir Thomas More/Karl Marx/Ulysses S. Grant, Part 1 |
| 4. | 1-4 | 31 Jan 77 | Marie Antoinette/Sir Thomas More/Karl Marx/Ulysses S. Grant, Part 2 |
| 5. | 1-5 | 07 Feb 77 | Emily Dickinson/Attila the Hun/Charles Darwin/Galileo, Part 1 |
| 6. | 1-6 | 14 Feb 77 | Emily Dickinson/Attila the Hun/Charles Darwin/Galileo, Part 2 |
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| Season 2 |
| |
| 7. | 2-1 | 06 Mar 78 | Florence Nightingale/Plato/Martin Luther/Voltaire, Part 1 |
| 8. | 2-2 | 13 Mar 78 | Florence Nightingale/Plato/Martin Luther/Voltaire, Part 2 |
| 9. | 2-3 | 20 Mar 78 | Empress Tz'u-hsi/Cesare Beccaria/Frederick Douglass/Marquis de Sade, Part 1 |
| 10. | 2-4 | 27 Mar 78 | Empress Tz'u-hsi/Cesare Beccaria/Frederick Douglass/Marquis de Sade, Part 2 |
| 11. | 2-5 | 03 Apr 78 | Susan B. Anthony/Socrates/Sir Francis Bacon/Emiliano Zapata, Part 1 |
| 12. | 2-6 | 10 Apr 78 | Susan B. Anthony/Socrates/Sir Francis Bacon/Emiliano Zapata, Part 2 |
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| Season 3 |
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| 13. | 3-1 | 26 May 79 | St. Augustine/Empress Theodora/Thomas Jefferson/Bertrand Russell, Part 1 |
| 14. | 3-2 | 02 Jun 79 | St. Augustine/Empress Theodora/Thomas Jefferson/Bertrand Russell, Part 2 |
| 15. | 3-3 | 09 Jun 79 | Aristotle/Niccolo Machiavelli/Elizabeth Barrett Browning/Sun Yat-sen, Part 1 |
| 16. | 3-4 | 16 Jun 79 | Aristotle/Niccolo Machiavelli/Elizabeth Barrett Browning/Sun Yat-sen, Part 2 |
| 17. | 3-5 | 23 Jun 79 | William Shakespeare on Love, Part 1 |
| 18. | 3-6 | 30 Jun 79 | William Shakespeare on Love, Part 2 |
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| Season 4 |
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| 19. | 4-1 | 29 Mar 81 | Margaret Sanger/Adam Smith/Mohandas Gandhi, Part 1 |
| 20. | 4-2 | 05 Apr 81 | Margaret Sanger/Adam Smith/Mohandas Gandhi, Part 2 |
| 21. | 4-3 | 12 Apr 81 | Niccolo Paganini/William Blake/Leonardo da Vinci, Part 1 |
| 22. | 4-4 | 19 Apr 81 | Niccolo Paganini/William Blake/Leonardo da Vinci, Part 2 |
| 23. | 4-5 | 26 Apr 81 | Catherine the Great/Oliver Cromwell/Daniel O'Connell, Part 1 |
| 24. | 4-6 | 03 May 81 | Catherine the Great/Oliver Cromwell/Daniel O'Connell, Part 2 |
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