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Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words

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  • 2011–
  • 2h 57m
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Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words (2011)
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    • Rebecca Front
    • David Attenborough
    • Tariq Ali
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    • Stars
      • Rebecca Front
      • David Attenborough
      • Tariq Ali
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    Rebecca Front
    Rebecca Front
    • Self - Narrator
    • 2011
    David Attenborough
    David Attenborough
    • Self
    • 2011
    Tariq Ali
    Tariq Ali
    • Self - Author
    • 2011
    David Hare
    David Hare
    • Self - Playwright
    • 2011
    Margaret Thatcher
    Margaret Thatcher
    • Self
    • 2011
    Jane Goodall
    Jane Goodall
    • Self
    • 2011
    Richard Dawkins
    Richard Dawkins
    • Self
    • 2011
    Susan Sontag
    Susan Sontag
    • Self
    • 2011
    Germaine Greer
    Germaine Greer
    • Self
    • 2011
    Sigmund Freud
    Sigmund Freud
    • Self
    • 2011
    John Berger
    John Berger
    • Self
    • 2011
    Kenneth Clark
    Kenneth Clark
    • Self
    • 2011
    Marshall McLuhan
    • Self
    • 2011
    Milton Friedman
    Milton Friedman
    • Self
    • 2011
    Alain de Botton
    • Self - Philiosopher
    • 2011
    B.F. Skinner
    B.F. Skinner
    • Self
    • 2011
    Carl Gustav Jung
    Carl Gustav Jung
    • Self
    • 2011
    Bertrand Russell
    Bertrand Russell
    • Self
    • 2011
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    • Release date
      • August 1, 2011 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Production companies
      • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
      • The Open University
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      • 2h 57m(177 min)
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