Episode 1
The stories behind ten people who changed the world. This looks at Florence Nightingale, Alexander Graham Bell, Harriet Tubman, Isambard Kingdom Brunel and Mary Anning.
This two-part series tells the stories of ten extraordinary and inspiring people who changed the world. These are stories of bravery, invention, determination or discovery. But each story begins when they were children, illustrating an event that shaped them or set them on their path.
The unfolding narrative is brought to life and played out using a unique mix of drama, choreographed movement, specially composed music and animation. Aimed at primary school-aged children, the historical characters speak directly to their young audience enabling the viewer to get to the emotional core of the story too - the excitement felt at a fossil glimpsed in the crumbling mud of a cliff face or the thrill of an engineering problem solved.
This first episode looks at Florence Nightingale, Alexander Graham Bell, Harriet Tubman, Isambard Kingdom Brunel and Mary Anning.
The programme looks at how Florence Nightingale revolutionised nursing for ever. It shows how Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, and follows Harriet Tubman as she frees slaves. It also looks at how Isambard Kingdom Brunel tunnelled through Box Hill to build the Great Western Railway, and watches Mary Anning discover the first ichthyosaur fossil.
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The life and work of Harriet Tubman
Duration: 12:31
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The life and work of Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Duration: 10:42
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The life and work of Mary Anning
Duration: 12:14
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The life and work of Alexander Graham Bell
Duration: 11:19
Broadcasts
- Tue 6 Mar 2012 04:00
- Tue 20 Mar 2012 04:00
- Wed 13 Jun 2012 04:00
- Wed 18 Jul 2012 04:00
- Tue 2 Oct 2012 04:00
- Fri 19 Oct 2012 05:00
- Tue 6 Nov 2012 05:00
- Wed 28 Nov 2012 05:00
- Fri 18 Jan 2013 05:00
- Fri 15 Feb 2013 05:00
- Fri 10 May 2013 05:00
- Thu 13 Jun 2013 05:00
- Thu 17 Oct 2013 04:55
- Thu 16 Jan 2014 05:00
- Wed 12 Feb 2014 05:00
- Wed 9 Jul 2014 04:00
- Tue 14 Oct 2014 05:00
- Tue 10 Mar 2015 05:00
- Wed 17 Jun 2015 05:00