Legacy

By Original Legacy Productions

Afua Hirsch and Peter Frankopan tell the wild stories of some of the most extraordinary men and women ever to have lived – and ask whether they have the rep they deserve. Should Nina Simone’s role in ... more

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March 05, 2025 John Lennon | The Boy Everyone Wanted | 1
A tug of love sees the young John Lennon pulled between his mother, father and aunt Mimi in a disrupted childhood. But that experience of conflict finds a creative outlet when he meets a cool kid with a guitar called Paul McCartney.
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February 26, 2025 Genghis Khan | The Final Campaign | 4
The great Genghis Khan is dead, his burial place one of the world’s best kept secrets. But the Mongol hoards rampage on, advancing on Europe and striking terror into hearts as far west as Hungary and Poland. No individual has ever ruled so vast a territory. His name is forever linked with terrible violence but his impact on the way we organise society is still felt today. What is the true legacy of Genghis Khan?
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February 19, 2025 Genghis Khan | Sackings and Slaughter | 3
After victory in China, Genghis Khan goes west and takes on the Khwarezmians, surprising his enemy with a daring assault. He conquers all in his path and now controls the biggest empire the world has ever seen. But whose shoulders are broad enough to become his successor?
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February 12, 2025 Genghis Khan | The Unstoppable Khan | 2
The many Mongolian tribes are now under the control of one man. They have crowned him Genghis Khan – the supreme ruler. His army is organised, disciplined, deadly and unstoppable. But the Mongolian Steppes aren’t enough for the great Khan. He has his sights set on his next glittering prize.
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February 05, 2025 Genghis Khan | Survival of the Fittest | 1
As a young boy on the Mongolian steppes, Temujin (not yet Genghis Khan) shows promise. He’s a wily hunter, a skilled rider and a keen falconer. He needs all those skills when his father’s death casts his family into the wilderness. In his fight for survival, he begins to attract followers, men who can see in him the great leader he’ll become. But an arch enemy is standing between him and the ultimate victory.
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January 29, 2025 Marie Antoinette | The Grim Finale | 4
Louis XVI has been executed and now Marie Antoinette herself is on trial. The outcome seems a foregone conclusion - especially when her son is manipulated into making terrible accusations against her. Finally, the most hated woman in France steps into the arms of Madame Guillotine. What was really the cause of her cataclysmic fall? And what does France – and the world – think of her today?
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39min
January 22, 2025 Marie Antoinette | At The Mercy of The Mob | 3
Fresh from storming the Bastille, the revolutionaries are coming for the royals at Versailles. Marie Antoinette avoids a massacre by clever use of a secret passage - but perhaps it’s time to flee the country altogether? A plan is hatched… but fate is against them.
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46min
January 15, 2025 Marie Antoinette | Queen of Scandal | 2
Now 18 and Queen of France, Marie's raison d'être is to produce a future King. But after 4 years of marriage, she still hasn’t had sex with her husband. Her big brother is sent in for ‘the talk’. Meanwhile, she distracts herself with extravagance. But the people are France are starving, and her lifestyle is causing a lot of upset.
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January 08, 2025 Marie Antoinette | A Princess and a Pawn | 1
Married off at the age of 14 in her mother’s very own Game of Thrones, Austrian-born Marie Antoinette finds herself in a foreign country, shackled to the teenage future King of France - who's more interested in lock-making than love. How are they to produce an heir? Then in 1774, the King is dead. Little does Marie know that she is about to be the last Queen of France...
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January 01, 2025 Charles Dickens | The Final Curtain | 4
At the height of his fame, Dickens falls in love with a young woman (Nelly Ternan) and a city (Paris). He survives a train crash and public disapproval over his separation from his wife. People turn out in droves to see him perform his works on stage. But his lifestyle is catching up with him and his health is failing. What is his final scene to be? We look back at his life and try to work out what “Dickensian” really means.
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