Bruce Lee’s image is famous around the world. But this handful of photos tells a different story. A Life in Ten Pictures s2e2: Bruce Lee
‘Bruce Lee’s weakness was not knowing when the stop.’ ibid.
Bruce Lee was born in San Francisco in 1940. ibid.
Long Beach: Bruce’s performance that day sent shockwaves through the martial arts community. ibid.
Robin Williams’ image is famous around the world. But this handful of photos tells a different story. A Life in Ten Pictures s2e3: Robin Williams
Robin Williams was born in Chicago in 1951. ibid.
Robin had joined improvised comedy groups but soon decided to step out on his own. ibid.
On September 14th 1978 the first episode of Mork and Mindy aired on ABC. ibid.
From iconic shots to private snaps these are Alexander McQueen’s defining moments. A Life in Ten Pictures s2e4: Alexander McQueen, BBC 2024
Lee Alexander McQueen was born in London in 1969, the son of Joyce, a housewife, and Ron, a tax driver; he was the youngest of six children raised on a housing estate in London’s east end. ibid.
Aged 16, Lee left school with one O-Level and started an apprenticeship at a traditional tailors in London’s Savile Row. ibid.
Isabella [Blow] purchased Lee’s entire graduate connection using her industry connections to launch him as Britain’s next fashion star. ibid.
‘She’s shrewd. She’s a business-woman. She’s a survivor.’ A Life in Ten Pictures s2e5: Ella Fitzgerald, BBC 2024
Ella Jane Fitzgerald was born in 1917 and grew up in Yonkers, New York. Her mother died when she was 15 years old. At age 17 Ella made her stage debut. ibid.
She focused on live music performances across America. ibid.
‘My dad wore a mask. He had to wear the mask and control his emotions.’ A Life in Ten Pictures s2e6: Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela was born 18th July 1918 in South Africa’s Transkei land, 900 miles south of Johannesburg. ibid.
Everyone knows in our area about the plantations and them being haunted or visited by people that have lived here before. Files of the Unexplained s1e2: Ghosts of Myrtles Plantation, Denise Kidder
So this is the [mobile phone] picture of, it looks like this pane, the image is much smaller than if a person was standing near it. ibid.
[Dr Khalid al Jabri] ‘If you fast-forward seven years from that photo, MBS went from a marginal prince barely making it into a frame of a family photo and he becomes effectively de fact ruler of Saudi Arabia and purges all of the princes sitting down and takes all their money.’ The Kingdom: The World’s Most Powerful Prince I: Game of Thrones, BBC 2024
Egypt’s Valley of the Kings. The ancient burial place for the Pharaoh Tutankhamun. The discovery of this tomb in 1922 made the archaeologist Howard Carter a global celebrity. But it was another member of Carter’s team who played a crucial role in telling his story to the world … I wanted to find out more about this photographic pioneer … His name was Harry Burton: the man who shot Tutankhamun. Margaret Mountford: The Man Who Shot Tutankhamun, BBC 2025
His camera recorded in exquisite detail the extraordinary artefacts from the tomb. And captured each chapture in this dramatic story of revelation. He created images that captured the world’s imagination. ibid.
This was an unparalleled discovery. An almost completely intact royal burial. It took months to record the tightly packed treasures of the ante-chamber. ibid.
In the 10 years it took to excavate the tomb Burton created an archive of more than 1,400 images. ibid.