About Visionaries

Imaginative, genius, wise, misunderstood - what makes a person a Visionary? BBC World’s new series examines the worlds of art, music, architecture, science and literature, and endeavours to find out what sets these people apart from their contemporaries.
You will get your chance to debate and decide who you think is the most Visionary, from our line up of innovative thinkers throughout history.

Each episode starting from September features two figures from each category.
You will be persuaded to vote by celebrity advocates (shown below in brackets) who will argue the case for their chosen Visionary.
You can vote here online to decide the winners who will be announced in a special programme on October 20th.

Check out the Visionaries profiles pages to find out more and cast your vote.

The Series

PROGRAMME 1 Art: Da Vinci (Ben Lewis) Vs Warhol (Janet Street Porter)
Sat 1st Sep at 0930 GMT
Repeated: Sat 1st at 1630 & 2030 and Sun 2nd at 0230 (Not South Asia or Asia Pacific) & 1330 (Not America) GMT

PROGRAMME 2 Architecture: Wren (Amanda Levete) Vs Foster (Maxwell Hutchinson)
Sat 8th Sep at 0930 GMT
Repeated: Sat 8th at 1630 & 2030 and Sun 9th at 0230 (Not South Asia or Asia Pacific) & 1330 (Not America) GMT

PROGRAMME 3 Science: Edison (Shini Somarathne) Vs Tim Berners Lee (Dan Snow)
Sat 15th Sep at 0930 GMT
Repeated: Sat 15th at 1630 & 2030 and Sun 16th at 0230 (Not South Asia or Asia Pacific) & 1330 (Not America) GMT

PROGRAMME 4 Music: Madonna (Edith Bowman) Vs Mozart (Peter Sellars)
Sat 22nd Sep at 0930 GMT
Repeated: Sat 22nd at 1630 & 2030 and Sun 23rd at 0230 (Not South Asia or Asia Pacific) & 1330 (Not America) GMT

PROGRAMME 5 Literature: Dickens (Sue Perkins) Vs JK Rowling (Kirsty Wark)
Sat 29th Sep at 0930 GMT
Repeated: Sat 29th at 1630 & 2030 and Sun 30th at 0230 (Not South Asia or Asia Pacific) & 1330 (Not America) GMT

PROGRAMME 6 Winners Announced
Sat 20th October at 0930 GMT
Repeated: Sat 20th at 1530 and Sun 21st at 0030, 1230 & 1930 GMT

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