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Biography Season 7

March. 23,1998

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Biography

Biography is a documentary television series. It was originally a half-hour filmed series produced for CBS by David Wolper from 1961 to 1964 and hosted by Mike Wallace. The A&E Network later re-ran it and has produced new episodes since 1987. The older version featured historical figures such as Helen Keller and Mark Twain, or long-dead entertainment figures such as Will Rogers or John Barrymore. The A&E series has placed the emphasis on such people as Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, Plácido Domingo, Freddie Mercury, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Eric Clapton, Pope John Paul II, Gene Tierney, Selena, Diego Rivera, Mao Zedong and Queen Elizabeth II, and fictional characters like The Phantom, Superman, Hamlet, Betty Boop, and Santa Claus. The program ended up profiling enough figures that in 1999, A&E spun it off into an entire network, The Biography Channel.

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Biography Season 7 Full Episode Guide

Episode 67 - Nostradamus: Prophet of Doom

First Aired: November. 06,1995

Explore the incredible life of Nostradamus, the enigmatic man known as the Prophet of Doom.

Episode 44 - Dean Martin: Everybody Loves Somebody

First Aired: September. 04,1995

Episode 23 - The Tiffanys: Mark of Excellence

First Aired: February. 08,1999

Episode 22 - Nicolae Ceausescu: The Unrepentant Tyrant

First Aired: February. 01,1999

Episode 21 - John Wayne Gacy: A Monster in Disguise

First Aired: January. 25,1999

Episode 20 - Fred Gwynne: More than a Munster

First Aired: January. 18,1999

Episode 19 - Charles Lindbergh: Against the Wind

First Aired: January. 07,1999

Episode 18 - Vincent Van Gogh: A Stroke of Genius

First Aired: July. 20,1998

Episode 17 - Satan: Prince of Darkness

First Aired: July. 13,1998

Examining the story of Satan's fall from grace and his efforts against the human race.

Episode 16 - Ray Kroc: Fast Food McMillionaire

First Aired: July. 06,1998

Episode 15 - P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth

First Aired: June. 29,1998

Episode 14 - John Wayne: American Legend

First Aired: June. 22,1998

Episode 13 - Jim Jones: Journey into Madness

First Aired: June. 15,1998

Episode 12 - Jackie Kennedy Onassis: In a Class of Her Own

First Aired: June. 08,1998

Episode 11 - Howard Carter: Triumph and Treasure

First Aired: June. 01,1998

Episode 10 - Evel Knievel: Hell on Wheels

First Aired: May. 25,1998

Episode 9 - Ernest Hemingway: Wrestling With Life

First Aired: May. 18,1998

Episode 8 - Dwight D. Eisenhower: Commander-in-Chief

First Aired: May. 11,1998

Episode 7 - Colonel Sanders: America's Chicken King

First Aired: May. 04,1998

Episode 6 - Beethoven: The Sound and the Fury

First Aired: April. 27,1998

Episode 5 - Anne Frank: The Life of a Young Girl

First Aired: April. 20,1998

Episode 4 - Angela Lansbury: A Balancing Act

First Aired: April. 13,1998

Episode 3 - Amelia Earhart: Queen of the Air

First Aired: April. 06,1998

Episode 2 - Mao Tse Tung: China's Peasant Emperor

First Aired: March. 30,1998

“For 25 years Mao Zedong ruled one quarter of the world’s population. This is the extraordinary story of a farmer’s son who became a God in his life time but in private never shook off his peasant roots; a man who presided over one of the most radical experiments in social reform ever seen in human history but who will be remembered as one of the bloodiest dictators of the twentieth century. This program–told through the accounts of those who have met and studied him, loved and loathed him–includes archive film and pictures going back to the very earliest days of Mao’s life, as well as unique film of China at the turn of the century and during key episodes in Mao’s communist revolution. It includes harrowing and eye-witness accounts of such momentous events as the cultural revolution, the Great Leap Forward and the most severe man-made famine ever recorded.”

Episode 1 - David Berkowitz: Son of Sam

First Aired: March. 23,1998

For over a year, he held a city hostage to fear. When he was finally caught, the nation was shocked to discover that the "face of terror" was a cherubic postal worker who smiled sweetly for the camera. David Berkowitz claimed the lives of six people in a killing spree that resulted in the largest manhunt in the history of New York. Once apprehended, he confessed to all the crimes and asked the judge to put him away forever so he would not kill again. In this comprehensive portrait, reporters and detectives who worked on the case, the parents of victims, a prosecutor and a former FBI profiler relive the case that galvanized a nation. Psychologists explore the many frustrations and disappointments that led Berkowitz to kill, and in a gripping interview, Berkowitz himself talks about his crimes and jailhouse transformation into the "Son of Hope." Today, he ministers to other prisoners and born-again Christians all over the world in hopes of restoring some meaning to his shattered life. From the dark streets of a shaken city to the jailhouse reformation, BIOGRAPHY examines the "Son of Sam."

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