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Season - Episode

4 Season 4 Mar 29, 1981

4 - 1

Catherine the Great/Oliver Cromwell/Daniel O'Connell, Part 1 Mar 29, 1981
4 - 2

Catherine the Great/Oliver Cromwell/Daniel O'Connell, Part 2 Apr 05, 1981
4 - 3

Leonardo da Vinci/William Blake/Niccolo Paganini, Part 1 Apr 12, 1981
4 - 4

Leonardo da Vinci/William Blake/Niccolo Paganini, Part 2 Apr 19, 1981
4 - 5

Margaret Sanger/Mahatma Gandhi/Adam Smith, Part 1 Apr 26, 1981
4 - 6

Margaret Sanger/Mahatma Gandhi/Adam Smith, Part 2 May 03, 1981

3 Season 3 May 26, 1979

3 - 1

Elizabeth B. Browning/Aristotle/Machiavelli/Sun Yat-sen, Part 1 May 26, 1979
3 - 2

Elizabeth B. Browning/Aristotle/Machiavelli/Sun Yat-sen, Part 2 Jun 02, 1979
3 - 3

Shakespeare on Love, Part 1 Jun 09, 1979
3 - 4

Shakespeare on Love, Part 2 Jun 16, 1979
3 - 5

Empress Theodora/Bertrand Russell/St. Augustine/Thomas Jefferson, Part 1 Jun 23, 1979
3 - 6

Empress Theodora/Bertrand Russell/St. Augustine/Thomas Jefferson, Part 2 Jun 30, 1979

2 Season 2 Mar 06, 1978

2 - 1

Florence Nightingale/Plato/Martin Luther/Voltaire, Part 1 Mar 06, 1978
2 - 2

Florence Nightingale/Plato/Martin Luther/Voltaire, Part 2 Mar 13, 1978
2 - 3

Empress Tz'u-hsi/Cesare Beccaria/Frederick Douglass/Marquis de Sade, Part 1 Mar 20, 1978
2 - 4

Empress Tz'u-hsi/Cesare Beccaria/Frederick Douglass/Marquis de Sade, Part 2 Mar 27, 1978
2 - 5

Susan B. Anthony/Socrates/Sir Francis Bacon/Emiliano Zapata, Part 1 Apr 03, 1978
2 - 6

Susan B. Anthony/Socrates/Sir Francis Bacon/Emiliano Zapata, Part 2 Apr 10, 1978

1 Season 1 Jan 10, 1977

1 - 1

Cleopatra/Thomas Paine/Theodore Roosevelt/Thomas Aquinas, Part 1 Jan 10, 1977
1 - 2

Cleopatra/Thomas Paine/Theodore Roosevelt/Thomas Aquinas, Part 2 Jan 17, 1977
1 - 3

Marie Antoinette/Sir Thomas More/Karl Marx/Ulysses S. Grant, Part 1 Jan 24, 1977
1 - 4

Marie Antoinette/Sir Thomas More/Karl Marx/Ulysses S. Grant, Part 2 Jan 31, 1977
1 - 5

Emily Dickinson/Attila the Hun/Charles Darwin/Galileo, Part 1 Feb 07, 1977
1 - 6

Emily Dickinson/Attila the Hun/Charles Darwin/Galileo, Part 2 Feb 14, 1977

Overview

The show featured guests who played significant roles in world history. Guests would interact with each other and host Steve Allen, discussing philosophy, religion, history, science, and many other topics. As nearly as was possible, the actual words of the historical figures were used. The show was fully scripted, yet the scripts were carefully crafted to give the appearance of spontaneous discussion among historic figures. Typically, each episode would be split into two parts, broadcast separately, with most or all of the guests introduced over the course of the first part, and the discussions continuing into the second part. A total of 24 episodes were produced.

Year 1981

Studio PBS

Director Steve Allen

Crew Steve Allen (Writer), Loring d'Usseau (Producer)

Popularity 2.9296

Language English