Reputations

In 1972, Olga Korbut 's display at the Munich Olympics turned the Soviet gymnast into the darling of the west. But, behind the scenes, the 17-year-old's rise was far from idyllic. In the first of five revisionist profiles, Korbut reveals all, including allegations against her one-time coach, Renald Knysh.

Recalling the life of flamboyant pianist Liberace, who shot to fame in the fifties with his renditions of popular classics. Family and friends discuss his public persona and how he tried to hide his homosexuality right up to his death from an Aids-related illness in 1987.

Born the son of a cotton-picker in the US Deep South, world heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis became an unlikely hero when his 1938 defeat of German Max Schmeling was seen as a triumph for democracy over the forces of fascism. But Louis soon became drawn into a downward spiral of debt and controversy.

he darling of the Conservative Party and prime minister between and 1957. Anthony Eden is, nevertheless, remembered today mostly as a failure. But there is more to the story of Eden than the Suez Crisis and his unhappy resignation. His widow Clarissa joins Barbara Castle and the late Alan Clark as contributors to a film that creates a picture of a complex and often passionate personal life.

The embodiment of sixties sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll, Janis Joplin seized fame by the throat. But her time at the top was to be cut tragically short - by 27 she was dead. The last in the current series offers an intimate portrait of the star, with recollections from, among others, Tom Jones.

First in a two-part special probing the complex personality of the controversial American president. Astonishingly sensitive information and new interviews have been made available for this absolutely riveting (and scary) second part to the profile of Richard Milhouse Nixon. On his death in 1994, the four surviving US Presidents trooped out to pay tribute to "The Peacemaker", the epitaph chosen for Nixon's headstone. But the truth is somewhat different. He knew ending the war in Vietnam would assure the Presidency for the man who brokered that peace and made sure he was that man. He also entered secret negotiations with the South Vietnamese to dissuade them from attending Lyndon Johnson's peace talks in Paris on the promise of a better deal under a Nixon administration. In other words, he manipulated foreign policy for his own political ends. And it doesn't stop there.

Concluding the two-part profile of the controversial US president. Tonight, evidence that Nixon was involved in sabotaging Vietnam peace talks to further his presidential ambitions.Astonishingly sensitive information and new interviews have been made available for this absolutely riveting (and scary) second part to the profile of Richard Milhouse Nixon. On his death in 1994, the four surviving US Presidents trooped out to pay tribute to "The Peacemaker", the epitaph chosen for Nixon's headstone. But the truth is somewhat different. He knew ending the war in Vietnam would assure the Presidency for the man who brokered that peace and made sure he was that man. He also entered secret negotiations with the South Vietnamese to dissuade them from attending Lyndon Johnson's peace talks in Paris on the promise of a better deal under a Nixon administration. In other words, he manipulated foreign policy for his own political ends. And it doesn't stop there.