Series which looks at important thinkers through the TV and radio broadcasts they made for the BBC. Includes rare and never-seen archive of Freud, Jung and Bertrand Russell.

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3/3 Series featuring great minds of the 20th century using film from the BBC's archive.

Tue 16 Aug 2011 03:00 BBC Four

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  • VIDEO:Psychologist Stanley Milgram

    VIDEO:Psychologist Stanley Milgram

    Psychologist Stanley Milgram explains his world-famous 'Milgram experiment', which showed that 'ordinary' people could be capable of committing evil acts

    Watch clip from episode 1

  • VIDEO: Radical thinker Ralph Milliband

    VIDEO: Radical thinker Ralph Milliband

    Ralph Miliband is now more famous as the father of Ed and David Miliband - but in the 1960s he was one of the most important radical thinkers in Britain. In this clip we hear his views on the monarchy and the Vietnam War, with comments from his son David

    Watch clip from episode 2

  • VIDEO: SUSAN SONTAG'S CONTROVERSIAL APPROACH TO CULTURE

    VIDEO: SUSAN SONTAG'S CONTROVERSIAL APPROACH TO CULTURE

    Susan Sontag brought a hip New York sensibility to culture - here we see the controversial films she made for the BBC, which provoked a huge backlash from the cultural establishment

    Watch clip from episode 3

  • HISTORICAL FIGURES

    HISTORICAL FIGURES

    Click here for selected biographies of historic figures

    Historic Figures

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