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  1. Live Final

    8/8 The public choose the greatest figure of the 20th century.

  2. Artists & Writers

    7/8 Exploring the lives of Pablo Picasso, Virginia Woolf, Alfred Hitchcock and Andy Warhol.

  3. Sports

    6/8 Examining the legacies of Pele, Muhammad Ali, Billie Jean King and Tanni Grey-Thompson.

  4. Activists

    5/8 Examining Emmeline Pankhurst, Mahatma Gandhi, Helen Keller and Martin Luther King.

  5. Entertainers

    4/8 Kathleen Turner examines Charlie Chaplin, Billie Holiday, Marilyn Monroe and David Bowie.

  6. Scientists

    3/8 Chris Packham assesses the lives of the 20th century's greatest scientists.

  7. Explorers

    2/8 The public decide who the greatest explorer was.

  8. Leaders

    1/8 The public decide who the greatest leader was.