Biography
Season 20
2005 • 45 Episodes
Episodes
1. Chuck Norris
September 23, 2005
A look at the actor who parlayed his martial arts skills into a successful acting career. We visit Chuck on the set of his new TV movie, Walker, Texas Ranger, giving Chuck the opportunity to return to the Cordell Walker role he played on TV for eight years. Chuck talks about his difficult childhood, his brother's death in Vietnam, his rise to the top of the karate world and friendship with Bruce Lee, and his divorce and remarriage.
2. General Douglas MacArthur: The Return of a Legend
September 30, 2005
He was one of America's greatest commanders, a warrior so tough and determined that he helped win World War II with a simple promise: "I shall return." Douglas MacArthur was a soldier's soldier the son of an officer, the star of West Point, the Army's youngest-ever full general.
3. Albert Einstein
October 7, 2005
No overview available.
4. Ben & Jerry's
October 14, 2005
No overview available.
5. Bill Clinton: Hope, Charisma & Controversy
October 21, 2005
No overview available.
6. Catherine the Great
October 28, 2005
No overview available.
7. Charles Darwin: Evolution's Voice
November 4, 2005
No overview available.
8. J. Pierpont Morgan: Emperor of Wall Street
November 11, 2005
No overview available.
9. Mussolini: Italy's Nightmare
November 18, 2005
No overview available.
10. Peter
November 25, 2005
No overview available.
11. Peter the Great: The Tyrant Reformer
December 2, 2005
No overview available.
12. Pocahontas: Ambassador of the New World
December 9, 2005
No overview available.
13. Pontius Pilate
December 16, 2005
No overview available.
14. Rasputin: The Mad Monk
December 23, 2005
No overview available.
15. Saint Paul
December 30, 2005
No overview available.
16. Solomon
January 6, 2006
No overview available.
17. The Hiltons
January 13, 2006
No overview available.
18. The Kellogg Brothers: Corn Flake Kings
January 20, 2006
No overview available.
19. William Shatner: Captain's Log
January 27, 2006
No overview available.
20. Al Qaeda
February 3, 2006
No overview available.
21. Frank Serpico: Honor Bound
February 10, 2006
No overview available.
22. Gerald R. Ford: Healing the Presidency
February 17, 2006
No overview available.
23. Jane Austen
February 24, 2006
No overview available.
24. The Brontë Sisters
March 3, 2006
No overview available.
25. The Home Depot
March 10, 2006
Founded in 1978 in Atlanta, Georgia, The Home Depot is today the largest home-improvement retailer in the world, with stores in all 50 states, as well as in Canada and Mexico. In this captivating BIOGRAPHY, interviews with some of the store's first employees and co-founders Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank highlight the secrets behind the triumph of this innovative "do-it-yourself" giant.
26. Thomas Edison: Father of Invention
March 17, 2006
No overview available.
27. Woodrow Wilson: Reluctant Warrior
March 24, 2006
No overview available.
28. Howard Schultz and Starbucks
March 31, 2006
No overview available.
29. Solomon and Sheba: An Epic Love Story
April 7, 2006
No overview available.
30. Weird Al Yankovic
April 14, 2006
No overview available.
31. Bill Gates: The Sultan of Software
April 21, 2006
No overview available.
32. Caroline Kennedy: The Next Generation
April 28, 2006
No overview available.
33. David Ben-Gurion
May 5, 2006
No overview available.
34. Ian Fleming
May 12, 2006
No overview available.
35. Lucky: The Story of Charles Lindbergh
May 19, 2006
No overview available.
36. Ted Kennedy: Tragedy, Scandal, and Redemption
May 26, 2006
No overview available.
37. The Apostles
June 2, 2006
No overview available.
38. The Harry Potter Kids
June 9, 2006
No overview available.
39. Barack Obama
June 16, 2006
Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) is profiled.
40. George Washington: American Revolutionary
June 23, 2006
No overview available.
41. Wall Street
June 30, 2006
No overview available.
42. Jeff Dunham: Birth of a Dummy
July 7, 2006
No overview available.
43. Kate Middleton: Uncommon Bride
July 14, 2006
No overview available.
44. Pippa Middleton: Her Life
July 21, 2006
No overview available.
45. Under 21 and Filthy Rich
July 28, 2006
No overview available.