Seven Ages of Britain
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- Episode
- Age of Revolution
- Broadcast Info
- 2010 (59 mins)
- Description
- 4/7 of documentary in which Sir David Dimbleby looks at Britain’s history through its art and architecture. During the 17th century the people of Britain learned to question everything - the result was the Civil War. Programme includes; Charles I’s execution shirt and painting of Charles with his head sewn back on; Rubens’ Apotheosis of James I; Van Dyck portraits; Puritan tracts; Civil War re-enactment; Verney family tomb; Thomason Collection; portraits of Cromwell; Grinling Gibbons’ golden statue of Charles II; Peter Lely’s Windsor Beauties; Royal Observatory Greenwich; Hooke’s microscope and Micrographia; Wren’s plan for London; St Paul’s Cathedral.
- Genre
- History; Architecture; Science; Technology; Religion; Art and Design
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The Open University, "Seven Ages of Britain". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ou/search/index.php/prog/81627 (Accessed 10 Jan 2025)