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Photos that Changed the World Season 1 Episodes

Season 1 Episode Guide

Season 1

12 Episodes 2019 - 2019

Episode 1

Iranian Embassy Siege

In 1980, photographers captured the SAS as they stormed through the Iranian Embassy in London in pursuit of the six gunmen who had taken it over.

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Episode 2

The Royal Kiss

A look at the iconic photo of Charles and Diana's Royal Wedding balcony kiss. Some say their body language indicated the marriage troubles that lay ahead.

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Episode 3

The Terror of War (Napalm Girl)

Captured running from an attack in terror, the chilling image of nine-year-old Kim Phuc is thought to have helped end the Vietnam War.

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Episode 4

Hunting the President

Photographer Ron Edmonds made history when he captured the moment that John Hinckley Jr fired a gun at President Reagan as he waved at crowds.

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Episode 5

The Hooded Man

The most memorable image from the war in Iraq was taken not by a photographer, but by US Army staff sergeant Ivan Frederick, one of several soldiers to torture Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib.

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Episode 6

Munich Massacre

Kurt Strumpf's haunting photo of a terrorist at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games grew into a symbol of the 21-hour stand-off and its resulting bloodbath.

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Episode 7

Mandela's Walk to Freedom

Greg English's photo of Nelson Mandela, free for the first time in over a quarter of a century, gave millions of people, not just South Africans, hope for the future.

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Episode 8

The Drowned Boy

The photograph of 2-year-old Aylan Kurdi lying face down on a Turkish beach caused international outrage and woke the world to the urgency of the Syrian refugee crisis.

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Episode 9

The Lady in the Mask

The London 7/7 bombings image of commuter Davinia Turrell clutching a white burns mask to her face outside Edgware Road tube station brought home the very real threat of terrorism in the UK.

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Episode 10

The Moors Murders

A chilling 'trophy' photograph taken by Ian Brady shows Myra Hindley looking down on the shallow grave of John Kilbride, one of five children murdered in crimes that shocked the nation.

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Episode 11

Tank Man

Jeff Widener's photograph of a lone man stood in front of a column of tanks in Tiananmen Square became a powerful symbol of both the bloody events of June 4, 1989, and of non-violent resistance.

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Episode 12

A Man on the Moon

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