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Photos That Changed The World

  • 2019 – 2020
  • Ended
  • Documentary · War & Politics
  • ~25m / ep
  • 1 season

Special series looking at the defining moments of the last century, caught on camera. Hear the stories behind world-changing photos from photographers, eyewitnesses, reporters, historians and more.

Latest: Season 1 · 2019

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  1. E1. Iranian Embassy Siege

    Oct 21, 2019 · 45m

    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.

  2. E2. The Royal Kiss

    Oct 28, 2019 · 45m

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

  3. E3. The Terror of War (Napalm Girl)

    Nov 4, 2019 · 45m

    Captured running from an attack in terror, the chilling image of 9-year-old Kim Phuc is thought to have helped end the Vietnam War.

  4. E4. Hunting the President

    Nov 11, 2019 · 45m

    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.

  5. E5. The Hooded Man

    Nov 18, 2019 · 45m

    A look at one of the most memorable images of the Iraq war - a photo taken by one of several soldiers who tortured Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib.

  6. E6. Munich Massacre

    Nov 25, 2019 · 45m

    Kurt Strumpf's 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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