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词条 Icons: The Greatest Person of the 20th Century
释义

  1. Premise

  2. Results

      Heat One – Leaders    Heat Two – Explorers    Heat Three – Scientists    Heat Four – Entertainers    Heat Five – Activists    Heat Six – Sports Stars    Heat Seven – Artists and Writers    Episode Eight – The Final  

  3. Controversy

  4. References

  5. External links

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Icons: The Greatest Person of the 20th Century (also referred to as simply Icons) is a 2019 BBC television series, aired on BBC Two, which pits the greatest people of the 20th Century against each other in a competition.

Premise

Each episode contains 4 'Icons' in a particular field, with a presenter or "advocate" leading the audience through each of the four choices.[1] The audience then has one vote in which they can choose their favourite Icon, whom would go through to the final, or in the case of the final, be their winner.

Results

Heat One – Leaders

Broadcast – 8 January 2019

Advocate – Sir Trevor McDonald[2]

IconOccupationChosen ForStatus
Nelson MandelaFormer President of South AfricaOvercoming imprisonment and leading South Africa out of apartheidWinner
Margaret ThatcherFormer Prime Minister of the United KingdomBecoming the first Woman Prime MinisterRunner-up
Winston ChurchillFormer Prime Minister of the United KingdomLeading Britain to victory in World War IIRunner-up
Franklin D. RooseveltFormer President of the United StatesSuccessfully leading The United States despite paraplegia from poliomyelitisRunner-up

Heat Two – Explorers

Broadcast – 9 January 2019

Advocate – Dermot O'Leary[3]

IconOccupationChosen ForStatus
Ernest ShackletonExplorationLeading a particularly challenging South Pole expeditionWinner
Jane GoodallPrimatologistLeading the way in primate exploration and eco-awarenessRunner-up
Neil ArmstrongAstronautBeing the first man on the moon as part of the Apollo 11 missionRunner-up
Gertrude BellWriter and TravellerBeing the first woman to map and travel across the Arabian PeninsulaRunner-up

Heat Three – Scientists

Broadcast – 14 January 2019

Advocate – Chris Packham[4]

IconOccupationChosen ForStatus
Alan TuringCodebreakerDeciphering the Enigma machine and aiding an allied victory in World War IIWinner
Marie CurieRadiologistDiscovering Radium and becoming the first female recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physics and ChemistryRunner-up
Albert EinsteinPhysicistPenning the theory of relativity and the equation of mass–energy equivalenceRunner-up
Tu YouyouChemistInventing the malaria vaccine in a time of Chinese social turmoilRunner-up

Heat Four – Entertainers

Broadcast – 15 January 2019

Advocate – Kathleen Turner[5]

IconOccupationChosen ForStatus
David BowieMusician and actorBreaking boundaries as a cutting edge, pansexual musicianWinner
Charlie ChaplinActorBecoming the world's first global Movie StarRunner-up
Marilyn MonroeActress and modelDefining her era through her modelling and acting workRunner-up
Billie HolidaySinger-songwriterSuccessfully changing the world of jazz despite segregationRunner-up

Heat Five – Activists

Broadcast – 21 January 2019

Advocate – Sanjeev Bhaskar[6]

IconOccupationChosen ForStatus
Martin Luther King Jr.civil rights campaignerSuccessfully ending racial segregation in the United States through nonviolenceWinner
Helen KellerAuthor and activistUsed her status as a successful author to fight for peace despite being deafblindRunner-up
Emmeline PankhurstWomen's rights campaignerSuccessfully led the suffragette movement and got women the right to voteRunner-up
Mahatma GandhiLeader of the Indian independence movementSuccessfully led the Indian independence movement through nonviolenceRunner-up

Heat Six – Sports Stars

Broadcast – 22 January 2019

Advocate – Clare Balding[7]

IconOccupationChosen ForStatus
Muhammad AliBoxerHis outstanding contribution to boxing and his anti-Vietnam war stance despite repercussionsWinner
Tanni Grey-ThompsonParalympian and BaronessHer outstanding contribution to Paralympic sports and disability rights campaigning in the House of LordsRunner-up
Billie Jean KingTennis playerHer outstanding contribution to tennis and her campaigning for women's rights within the sportRunner-up
PeléFootballerHis outstanding contribution to footballRunner-up

Heat Seven – Artists and Writers

Broadcast – 29 January 2019

Advocate – Lily Cole[8]

IconOccupationChosen ForStatus
Pablo PicassoArtistHis outstanding contribution to painting and standing up in the face of war – in the case of Guernica.Winner
Alfred HitchcockFilmmakerChanging the world of directing and inventing the horror genreRunner-up
Virginia WoolfWriterModernising writing despite mental illnessRunner-up
Andy WarholArtistHis outstanding contribution to the Pop art movementRunner-up

Episode Eight – The Final

This episode was broadcast live from Indigo at The O2, hosted by Nick Robinson and Claudia Winkleman on 5 February 2019.

IconCategoryOccupationChosen ForStatus
Nelson MandelaLeadersFormer President of South AfricaOvercoming imprisonment and leading South Africa out of apartheidFinalist
Ernest ShackletonExplorersExplorerLeading a particularly challenging South Pole expeditionFinalist
Alan TuringScientistsCodebreakerDeciphering the Enigma machine and aiding an allied victory in World War IIWinner
David BowieEntertainersMusician and actorBreaking boundaries as a cutting edge, pansexual musicianFinalist
Martin Luther King Jr.ActivistsCivil Rights CampaignerSuccessfully ending segregation in the United States through nonviolenceFinalist
Muhammad AliSports StarsBoxerHis outstanding contribution to boxing and his anti-Vietnam war stance despite repercussionsFinalist
Pablo PicassoArtists and WritersArtistHis outstanding contribution to painting and standing up in the face of war – in the case of Guernica.Finalist

Controversy

The Icons series attracted controversy after some people were left unhappy with those selected to represent each category. The Entertainers category sparked particular debate through the omission of Elvis Presley and The Beatles,[9] while Diana, Princess of Wales and John F. Kennedy also received support.[10]

References

1. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/5cmrFQRXrvDBcZ3JybSMD6d/meet-the-advocates|title=BBC Two – Icons: The Greatest Person of the 20th Century – Meet the Advocates|publisher=BBC|access-date=27 January 2019}}
2. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/28hS5H6xD514xnMb5g7KhRD/sir-trevor-mcdonald|title=BBC Two – Icons: The Greatest Person of the 20th Century – Sir Trevor McDonald|publisher=BBC|access-date=27 January 2019}}
3. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/3gf0Tm1St1q7Cb0tdY9FMLl/dermot-o-leary|title=BBC Two – Icons: The Greatest Person of the 20th Century – Dermot O’Leary|publisher=BBC|access-date=27 January 2019}}
4. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/5g46XJdxbWKWtjBxTmSzLhl/chris-packham|title=BBC Two – Icons: The Greatest Person of the 20th Century – Chris Packham|publisher=BBC|access-date=27 January 2019}}
5. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/4fWcy9BMsWVlqGcbNj4hg0g/kathleen-turner|title=BBC Two – Icons: The Greatest Person of the 20th Century – Kathleen Turner|publisher=BBC|access-date=27 January 2019}}
6. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/3ggDJpQdGhQvx2F93D7Wn71/sanjeev-bhaskar|title=BBC Two – Icons: The Greatest Person of the 20th Century – Sanjeev Bhaskar|publisher=BBC|access-date=27 January 2019}}
7. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/57pqKGZ5GYT6pc7xqYd70Xl/clare-balding|title=BBC Two – Icons: The Greatest Person of the 20th Century – Clare Balding|publisher=BBC|access-date=27 January 2019}}
8. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/40P8jLCR6MhSL7Yry0wkQny/lily-cole|title=BBC Two – Icons: The Greatest Person of the 20th Century – Lily Cole|publisher=BBC|access-date=27 January 2019}}
9. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a25907257/bbc-icons-entertainers-debate-viewer-backlash/|title=BBC's Icons sparks huge debate by leaving out some legends|last=Harp|first=Justin|date=15 January 2019|website=Digital Spy|access-date=27 January 2019}}
10. ^{{Cite web|url=https://inews.co.uk/culture/bbc-icons-vote-michael-jackson-princess-diana-tv-vote-elvis-beatles/|title=BBC Icons: No Michael Jackson, Princess Diana, Elvis or Beatles in top 20th Century figure TV vote|last=Sherwin|first=Adam|date=28 December 2018|website=inews.co.uk|access-date=27 January 2019}}

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