Photos that Changed the World

  • Premiered: Oct 2019
  • Episodes: 12
  • Followers: 1
  • Ended
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  • Monday at 22
  • Documentary

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Season 1
1x1
Iranian Embassy Siege
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 21, 2019
In 1980, six gunmen took over the Iranian embassy in London. Following the death of a hostage, theworld watched, and photographers swarmed as the SAS stormed the building.
1x2
Royal Kiss
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Air date
Oct 21, 2019
Newlyweds the Prince and Princess of Wales kiss on a balcony at Buckingham Palace. Charles’s formal pose and Diana’s emotional physicality has since been suggested as a sign for the marriage that lay ahead.
1x3
The Terror of War (Napalm Girl)
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 28, 2019
The horrific photograph of 9-year-old Kim Phuc running naked in terror from a napalm attack was widely published around the world and is attributed to having helped end the war in Vietnam.
1x4
Hunting the President
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 28, 2019
As President Reagan waved, John Hinckley Jr. fired his gun, and photographer Ron Edmonds captured the vulnerability of political leaders for all the world to see.
1x5
The Hooded Man
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Air date
Nov 04, 2019
The most memorable image from the war in Iraq was taken not by a photographer, but by US Army staff sergeant Ivan Frederick, one of several soldiers to torture Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib.
1x6
Munich Massacre
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 04, 2019
Kurt Strumpf’s haunting photo of a balaclava-wearing terrorist at The Olympic games in Munich, became a symbol of the times following a 21-hour standoff that ended in an bloodbath.
1x7
Mandela's Walk to Freedom
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 11, 2019
Greg English’s photo of Nelson Mandela, free for the first time in over a quarter of a century, gave millions of people, not just South Africans, hope for the future.
1x8
The Drowned Boy
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Air date
Nov 11, 2019
The photograph of 2-year-old Aylan Kurdi lying face down on a Turkish beach caused international outrage and woke the world to the urgency of the Syrian refugee crisis.
1x9
The Lady in the Mask
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Air date
Nov 18, 2019
The London 7/7 bombings image of commuter Davinia Turrell clutching a white burns mask to her face outside Edgware Road tube station brought home the very real threat of terrorism in the UK.
1x10
The Moors Murders
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 18, 2019
A chilling ‘trophy’ photograph taken by Ian Brady shows Myra Hindley looking down on the shallow grave of John Kilbride, one of five children murdered in crimes that shocked the nation.
1x11
Tank Man
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 25, 2019
Jeff Widener's photograph of a lone man stood in front of a column of tanks in Tiananmen Square became a powerful symbol of both the bloody events of June 4, 1989, and of non-violent resistance.
1x12 Show finale
A Man on the Moon
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 25, 2019
With its 50th anniversary landing in July 2019, the photo of Buzz Aldrin standing on an alien world is the enduring image of Apollo 11, and changed the way we see ourselves and our planet.

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