Legacy
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 now – and doesn’t always like what it sees.

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Episoder(152)

Alan Turing | Illegal Love | 3

Alan Turing | Illegal Love | 3

Turing returns to a normal social life after the war, where he is open about his sexual orientation with his friends. Until a burglary turns everything upside down and Turing faces the reality of bein...

16 Apr 202435min

Alan Turing | Cracking the Code | 2

Alan Turing | Cracking the Code | 2

The stakes are high for Turing and his team of codebreakers as they try to decrypt Nazi messages. Known as “Prof”, Turing and his eccentricities are central to life at Bletchley Park during the Second...

9 Apr 202448min

Alan Turing | An Awkward Genius | 1

Alan Turing | An Awkward Genius | 1

A curious bookish boy, Alan Turing is already an outsider at a young age. But at Cambridge, he comes up with an idea that shapes the foundation of computer science. His genius will later alter the cou...

2 Apr 202452min

Nina Simone | Rebirth | 4

Nina Simone | Rebirth | 4

The tide is turning for Nina Simone. A new generation falls in love with her music, she's reconciled with her daughter and her mental health has recovered. But alongside the civil rights movement, Nin...

27 Mar 202437min

Nina Simone | Breakdown | 3

Nina Simone | Breakdown | 3

Amidst marital and financial problems, Nina escapes the US for an eclectic life abroad - finding love in Barbados, happiness in Liberia, and a better education for her daughter in Switzerland. But men...

20 Mar 202440min

Nina Simone | To Be Young, Gifted and Black | 2

Nina Simone | To Be Young, Gifted and Black | 2

Nina Simone's star is rising - however cracks in her personal life are starting to show. Meanwhile, the civil rights movement is catching up with her. Where does she stand in the midst of this? And wi...

13 Mar 202447min

Nina Simone | The Road to Carnegie Hall | 1

Nina Simone | The Road to Carnegie Hall | 1

Born in the Jim Crow South, Nina Simone's talent is obvious from an early age. She dreams of becoming the first black classical pianist but after a life-changing rejection, she has no choice but to re...

6 Mar 202448min

Gorbachev | The Man Who Lost an Empire | 4

Gorbachev | The Man Who Lost an Empire | 4

Under Gorbachev's leadership the once sprawling empire that was the Soviet Union collapses. Is this his true legacy? Or was it all inevitable? And with present day Russia looking to the past for glory...

28 Feb 202438min

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