Biography
Biography: Season 20

Air Date

September 23, 2005

Episodes

45 episodes

Biography

Season 20

Episodes

1. Chuck Norris

September 23, 2005
60 min

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
60 min

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
60 min

4. Ben & Jerry's

October 14, 2005
60 min

5. Bill Clinton: Hope, Charisma & Controversy

October 21, 2005
60 min

6. Catherine the Great

October 28, 2005
60 min

7. Charles Darwin: Evolution's Voice

November 4, 2005
60 min

8. J. Pierpont Morgan: Emperor of Wall Street

November 11, 2005
60 min

9. Mussolini: Italy's Nightmare

November 18, 2005
60 min

10. Peter

November 25, 2005
60 min

11. Peter the Great: The Tyrant Reformer

December 2, 2005
60 min

12. Pocahontas: Ambassador of the New World

December 9, 2005
60 min

13. Pontius Pilate

December 16, 2005
60 min

14. Rasputin: The Mad Monk

December 23, 2005
60 min

15. Saint Paul

December 30, 2005
60 min

16. Solomon

January 6, 2006
60 min

17. The Hiltons

January 13, 2006
60 min

18. The Kellogg Brothers: Corn Flake Kings

January 20, 2006
60 min

19. William Shatner: Captain's Log

January 27, 2006
60 min

20. Al Qaeda

February 3, 2006
60 min

21. Frank Serpico: Honor Bound

February 10, 2006
60 min

22. Gerald R. Ford: Healing the Presidency

February 17, 2006
60 min

23. Jane Austen

February 24, 2006
60 min

24. The Brontë Sisters

March 3, 2006
60 min

25. The Home Depot

March 10, 2006
60 min

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
60 min

27. Woodrow Wilson: Reluctant Warrior

March 24, 2006
60 min

28. Howard Schultz and Starbucks

March 31, 2006
60 min

29. Solomon and Sheba: An Epic Love Story

April 7, 2006
60 min

30. Weird Al Yankovic

April 14, 2006
60 min

31. Bill Gates: The Sultan of Software

April 21, 2006
60 min

32. Caroline Kennedy: The Next Generation

April 28, 2006
60 min

33. David Ben-Gurion

May 5, 2006
60 min

34. Ian Fleming

May 12, 2006
60 min

35. Lucky: The Story of Charles Lindbergh

May 19, 2006
60 min

36. Ted Kennedy: Tragedy, Scandal, and Redemption

May 26, 2006
60 min

37. The Apostles

June 2, 2006
60 min

38. The Harry Potter Kids

June 9, 2006
60 min

39. Barack Obama

June 16, 2006
60 min

Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) is profiled.

40. George Washington: American Revolutionary

June 23, 2006
60 min

41. Wall Street

June 30, 2006
60 min

42. Jeff Dunham: Birth of a Dummy

July 7, 2006
60 min

43. Kate Middleton: Uncommon Bride

July 14, 2006
60 min

44. Pippa Middleton: Her Life

July 21, 2006
60 min

45. Under 21 and Filthy Rich

July 28, 2006
60 min
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