American Genius

Samuel Colt and partners Edwin Smith & Daniel Wesson become locked in the first true “arms” race, as they compete to perfect the world’s first revolver.

Celebrated inventor Thomas Edison, goes to war with former assistant, Nikola Tesla, to determine who will power the world with electric light.

Joseph Pulitzer’s journalistic integrity is tested when young millionaire, William Randolph Hearst, sets out to be the king of the newspaper industry and revolutionise journalism.

The Wright Brothers build and fly the world’s first airplane, but they keep it a secret, leaving an opening for motor designer, Glenn Curtiss, to swoop in.

J. Robert Oppenheimer is in charge of developing the world’s first nuclear bomb, but finds himself in a race against Hitler and his own nuclear scientist, Werner Heisenberg.

The Americans and Soviets, deadlocked in the Cold War, set their sights on “the final frontier” – outer space. And only one side can get there first.

In the 1980s, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs break out in a heated battle to bring the personal computer to the masses.