Icons - Season 1

We live through this series of seemingly surprising documents. Clare Balding learns about the unusual talents of four of the best athletes of our time: Mohammed Ali, Pele, Billy Jane King and Tany Gray Thompson. At the beginning of the 20th century, wealthy people often only had the time and money to commit to sports. Claire learns how sport has become a comprehensive and unified force. Claire believes that the star of sport must crown the symbol of the audience in the twentieth century.