GREAT MINDS

Icons, 9pm, BBC2

AS THE search for the 20th century’s most influential figure continues, Chris Packham (pictured right) puts the case for four scientists — Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, Alan Turing and Tu Youyou. To Chris, his choices are all outsiders, geniuses who were able to see the world differently and ‘propel humanity forwards’ in ways that politicians could not. Tomorrow, Kathleen Turner explores the legacies of entertainers Charlie Chaplin, Billie Holiday, Marilyn Monroe and David Bowie.