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The poll resulted in nominees including Guy Fawkes, who was executed because of his role in the plot to blow up the Parliament of England; Oliver Cromwell, who created a republican British state (the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland); Richard III, suspected of murdering his nephews; James Connolly, an Irish nationalist and socialist who was executed by the Crown due to his part ...
Additionally, in a BBC poll to find the 100 Greatest Britons in 2002, five prime ministers were ranked in the top 100. Winston Churchill was voted greatest Briton, the Duke of Wellington was in 15th place, Margaret Thatcher was in 16th place, Tony Blair was 67th and David Lloyd George was 79th. [13]
100 greatest may refer to: 100 Greatest, a Channel 4 TV strand in the United Kingdom; 100 Greatest African Americans, a biographical dictionary; 100 Greatest Artists of Rock & Roll, a television special that aired on VH1 in 1998; 100 Greatest of All Time, a TV series ranking the greatest tennis players; 100 Greatest Britons, a BBC TV programme
100 Great Black Britons is a poll that was first undertaken in 2003 to vote for and celebrate the greatest Black Britons of all time. It was created in a campaign initiated by Patrick Vernon in response to a BBC search for 100 Greatest Britons, together with a television series (2002), which featured no Black Britons in the published listing. [1]
Il più grande italiano di tutti i tempi ("The greatest Italian of all times") was an Italian television show based on the British 100 Greatest Britons transmitted on Rai 2 in January and February 2010. It was presented by Francesco Facchinetti and Martina Stella, in four sessions. The winner was Leonardo da Vinci. The show was widely ...
Greatest Britons was a one-off awards show on ITV, celebrating the best of British talent. [citation needed] It is distinct from 100 Greatest Britons. Greatest Britons recognises the most creative and successful people from across the UK who've achieved worldwide fame within their professional fields. The winners of most of the awards are ...
Voted for by children’s authors, illustrators, editors, publishers, academics, librarians, writers and readers from across the world, the top 100 were unveiled on Tuesday (23 May) afternoon.
This is list of the programmes or the copycat versions of the programme 100 Greatest Britons. 100 Worst Britons and Os Piores Portugueses are parodies of the show. Pages in category "Greatest Nationals"