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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Episodes

1. Chuck Norris

A look at the actor who parlayed his martial arts skills into a successful acting career. We visit Chuck on the set of his new TV movie, Walker, Texas Ranger, giving Chuck the opportunity to return to the Cordell Walker role he played on TV for eight years. Chuck talks about his difficult childhood, his brother's death in Vietnam, his rise to the top of the karate world and friendship with Bruce Lee, and his divorce and remarriage.

2. General Douglas MacArthur: The Return of a Legend

He was one of America's greatest commanders, a warrior so tough and determined that he helped win World War II with a simple promise: "I shall return." Douglas MacArthur was a soldier's soldier the son of an officer, the star of West Point, the Army's youngest-ever full general.

3. Albert Einstein

4. Ben & Jerry's

5. Bill Clinton: Hope, Charisma & Controversy

6. Catherine the Great

7. Charles Darwin: Evolution's Voice

8. J. Pierpont Morgan: Emperor of Wall Street

9. Mussolini: Italy's Nightmare

10. Peter

11. Peter the Great: The Tyrant Reformer

12. Pocahontas: Ambassador of the New World

13. Pontius Pilate

14. Rasputin: The Mad Monk

15. Saint Paul

16. Solomon

17. The Hiltons

18. The Kellogg Brothers: Corn Flake Kings

19. William Shatner: Captain's Log

20. Al Qaeda

21. Frank Serpico: Honor Bound

22. Gerald R. Ford: Healing the Presidency

23. Jane Austen

24. The Brontë Sisters

25. The Home Depot

Founded in 1978 in Atlanta, Georgia, The Home Depot is today the largest home-improvement retailer in the world, with stores in all 50 states, as well as in Canada and Mexico. In this captivating BIOGRAPHY, interviews with some of the store's first employees and co-founders Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank highlight the secrets behind the triumph of this innovative "do-it-yourself" giant.