‎History's Greatest Myths - Apple TV

EPISODE 1

Inventions and Discoveries

The first episode looks at the transformative inventions and discoveries that often seem as if they have emerged into our society fully formed. Yet how history remembers these inventors is often embellished by clever marketing, propaganda, and at worst out-and-out theft. This perception drives prevailing myths about inventors and their inventions.
EPISODE 2

Entertainment

The episode looks at how popular culture is a defining feature of our daily lives. It is the television we watch, the music we listen to, the films we see, and the games we play. This saturation can easily turn into obsession, distrust and even fear. As we gravitate to dramatic larger than life stories, myths as outlandish as the entertainment we consume, begin to spread.
EPISODE 3

War and Conflict

Episode 3 probes how conflict has reshaped nations and devastated entire generations. Wars continually dominate history, and yet, why they started and how they were fought are the subject of myth and are constantly disputed. With stories told and re-told from generation to generation, one truth is evident; even when the winner is clear, what led to victory is not.
EPISODE 4

Society

This episode delves into the social structures which govern our society. Societies are based on adherence to collective rules, an implicit trust in one another and on our acceptance of collective memory. But what happens when trust and memory break down and the resulting vacuum is filled by myths and conspiracies?
EPISODE 5

Leaders and Legends

Episode 5 proposes the idea that leaders of countries or commanders of armies have had their hands on the tiller of history for centuries. Many become legends even in their own lifetime, others are among history's greatest villains. But can we ever really know the person behind the stories? The reality behind the myth?
EPISODE 6

Unexplained Mysteries

The final episode looks to mystery. Mystery that lies in vast and unexplored places. In the relics of ancient civilisations, whose truths are lost to time. In the secrets we keep, and the ones that are kept from us. We seek answers to these mysteries, no matter how fanciful they may seem. Their obscured truths, fertile ground for myth-making.

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