Untold Legends: Hedy Lamarr
Episodes
Hedy Lamarr: 6. Striking out
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hedy Lamarr and George Antheil’s visionary invention fails to make an impact with the US Navy. The actress decides it’s time to quit MGM Studios t...
Hedy Lamarr: 5. Pianos and patents
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Hollywood star wants to help defeat Hitler, so Hedy Lamarr comes up with an invention. Troubled by what is happening in the Second World War, Hedy...
Hedy Lamarr: 4. Hollywood
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hedy’s new life in Hollywood isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. The party lifestyle isn’t for her and she struggles to make her MGM debut. Event...
Hedy Lamarr: 3. Inventing Hedy
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A Hollywood deal transforms Hedy Kiesler into Hedy Lamarr - her greatest invention yet? After a daring escape from her husband and the advance of Hitl...
Hedy Lamarr: 2. The golden cage
23 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A wealthy arms dealer and a world on the brink of war. After the scandal of the Ecstasy movie, Hedy gets married. The threat from the growing influenc...
Hedy Lamarr: 1. The Ecstasy girl
16 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A scandal in Vienna: Hedy Lamarr’s debut movie is considered so sexual; it is banned in several countries. Hedy has dreams of becoming a star, but a...
Season 2 trailer: Hedy Lamarr
30 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A refugee who escaped the Nazis, a feminist filmmaker and beauty icon, and one of Hollywood’s most famous golden-age stars. You might think you alre...
Ora Washington: 7. Flowers for Ora
09 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“Possibly the best female athlete” of her era – why was Ora Washington forgotten? And we meet her family, who are relieved that their Aunt Ora’...
Ora Washington: 6. Defending her throne
03 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Cracks appear after two decades at the top of black tennis. A new generation of elite athletes want her crown. But is Ora ready to retire? Her hair is...
Ora Washington: 5. Playing like a ‘real woman’
25 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ora is at the peak of her sports, but off the court, stars are expected to appear “sufficiently feminine”. If you didn’t, you faced prejudice. P...
Ora Washington: 4. Queen of two courts
17 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Basketball beckons. The elite tennis player tries a new sport – and it’s a crowd puller. Ora’s quickness and agility translate to the basketball...
Ora Washington: 3. Advantage Ora
11 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Can she beat the best? Ora is the underdog against the crowd favourite, the formidable Isadora “Izzy” Channels of Chicago. It’s a brutally hot d...
Ora Washington: 2. A radical statement
04 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“She loved to compete”: Ora takes her first tennis lesson. But race, sex and class prejudice stand in her way. It’s the 1920s and Ora has gone n...
Ora Washington: 1. An empty chair
28 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Who was Ora Washington? The southern farm girl who wanted more. But recognition came too late – why was the guest of honour at a star-studded event ...
Season 1 trailer: Ora
11 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Queen of two courts. Ora Washington is the star the world ignored. It’s time everyone knew her name. Ora was a black tennis champion in the era ...