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Secret Lives

1995
3 seasons
24 episodes
Documentary

Looking at the private lives of famous historical figures.

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Seasons

  • Ep 1

    1.Walt Disney

    23-02-1995

    A profile of Walt Disney, exploring the darker side of his public persona. Exploring accusations of his racist, anti-Semitic, misogynist tendencies, lack of artistic abilities, hat...

  • Ep 2

    2.The Young Freud

    02-03-1995

    The second programme in the series turns its attention to Sigmund Freud. His significance as the father of psychoanalysis is an accepted fact, but what is the truth about the man w...

  • Ep 3

    3.Mountbatten

    09-03-1995

    The programme examines the public and private life of Lord Louis Mountbatten and looks behind the heroic image that he was desperate to present to the world.

  • Ep 4

    4.Jackie

    16-03-1995

    Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis' fame rested on little she achieved or said. Instead, by shunning rather than courting publicity, she managed to intrigue the world. The programme examin...

  • Ep 5

    5.Edward VIII: The Traitor King - Part 1

    16-11-1995

    Documentary programme in two parts re-evaluating the life of Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor. Reveals the betrayals and indiscretions preceding and during World War II which demonstra...

  • Ep 6

    6.Edward VIII: The Traitor King - Part 2

    23-11-1995

    A look at Edward's relationship with Adolf Hitler and his part in the fall of France.

  • Ep 7

    7.Marie Stopes

    30-11-1995

    Dr Marie Stopes is known as a pioneer of birth control. However, she first became known through her book Married Love, the first sex manual. The programme looks at her interest in...

  • Ep 8

    8.Baden-Powell the Boy-Man

    07-12-1995

    Examines the life of Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of the Scout movement.

  • Ep 9

    9.Howard Hughes

    14-12-1995

    Profile of businessman Howard Hughes with comments from friends and those he worked with including, Janet Leigh, Lawrence Quirk, Arelo Sederberg, Michael Drosnin (biographer) and R...

  • Ep 10

    10.Che Guevara

    21-12-1995

    An examination of the romantic revolutionary icon. Includes an assessment of his relationship with Castro and the role he played in the final push of the Cuban Revolution with an i...

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