Biography — Season 6
51 episodesFirst aired 9 January 1997
1997
E1Anastasia: Her True Story
Jan 19971h
- E2
Andy Griffith: Hollywood's Homespun Hero
Jan 19971h
- E3
Augustus: First of the Emperors
Jan 19971h
- E4
Ayatollah Khomeini: Holy Terror
Jan 19971h
- E5
Caligula: Reign of Madness
Feb 19971h
- E6
Charles Kuralt: A Life on the Road
Feb 19971h
- E7
Constantine: The Christian Emperor
Feb 19971h
- E8
David Copperfield: Master of Illusion
Feb 19971h
- E9
Diana: The People's Princess
Mar 19971h
- E10
Dow and Jones: Wizards of Wall Street
Mar 19971h
- E11
Dutch Schultz: Menace to Society
Mar 19971h
- E12
Edgar Cayce: The Sleeping Psychic
Mar 19971h
- E13
Edward R. Murrow: Voice of America
Apr 19971h
- E14
Eliot Ness: Untouchable
Apr 19971h
- E15
Elizabeth I: The Virgin Queen
Apr 19971h
- E16
Elizabeth: The Reluctant Monarch
Apr 19971h
- E17
Erwin Rommel: The Last Knight
May 19971h
- E18
F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great American Dreamer
May 19971h
- E19
Frank Costello: Prime Minister of the Mob
May 19971h
- E20
General George C. Marshall: Soldier and Statesman
May 19971h
- E21
George Armstrong Custer: America's Golden Cavalier
May 19971h
- E22
Hadrian: Emperor of the Golden Age
Jun 19971h
- E23
Ivan the Terrible: Might and Madness
Jun 19971h
- E24
J.C. Penney: Main Street Millionaire
Jun 19971h
- E25
JFK: A Personal Story
Jun 19971h
- E26
Jimmy Stewart: His Wonderful Life
Jul 19971h
- E27
Joseph Kennedy: Father of an American Dynasty
Jul 19971h
- E28
Julius Caesar: Master of the Roman World
Jul 19971h
- E29
Justinian: The Last of the Romans
Jul 19971h
- E30
Katharine Graham: Pillar of the Post
Jul 19971h
- E31
Leonardo Da Vinci: Renaissance Master
Aug 19971h
- E32
Lucrezia Borgia: Pretty Poison
Aug 19971h
- E33
Martin Luther King, Jr.: The Man and the Dream
Aug 19971h
- E34
Meyer Lansky: Mob Tycoon
Aug 19971h
- E35
Mother Teresa: A Life of Devotion
Sept 19971h
- E36
Nancy Reagan: The President's Leading Lady
Sept 19971h
- E37
Neiman Marcus: Last of the Merchant Kings
Sept 19971h
- E38
Nelson Rockefeller: Passionate Millionaire
Sept 19971h
- E39
Nero: The Power and the Madness
Oct 19971h
- E40
Pancho Villa: Outlaw Hero
Oct 19971h
- E41
R.H. Macy: Merchant Prince
Oct 19971h
- E42
Sam Giancana
Oct 19971h
- E43
Sam Walton: Bargain Billionaire
Oct 19971h
- E44
Samuel Bronfman: Whiskey Man
Nov 19971h
- E45
Sigmund Freud: Analysis of a Mind
Nov 19971h
- E46
Stanley & Livingstone: The Mercenary and the Missionary
Nov 19971h
- E47
The Gambinos: First Family of Crime
Sept 19971h 31m
A profile of New York's Gambino crime family examines the rise of its founder, Carlo Gambino, and that of his successors, Paul Castellano and John Gotti.
- E48
The Marshall Fields: A Chicago Tradition
Dec 19971h
- E49
The Woolworths: Five-and-Dime Fortune and Failure
Dec 19971h
- E50
Thurgood Marshall: Justice for All
Dec 19971h
- E51
Vladimir Lenin: Voice of the Revolution
Dec 19971h
