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Civilisations
Episode 8 - The Cult of Progress
- Broadcast
- 2018 (59 mins)
If David Olusoga’s first film in Civilisations is about the art that followed and reflected early encounters between different cultures, his second explores the artistic reaction to imperialism in the 19th...
Civilisations
Episode 9 -The Vital Spark
- Broadcast
- 2018 (59 mins)
Simon Schama begins Civilisations with this premise: that it is in art - the play of the creative imagination - that humanity expresses its most essential self: the power to break the tyranny of the humdrum,...
The NHS - A People’s History
Episode 1
- Broadcast
- 2018 (59 mins)
The People’s History of the NHS is a three-part series presented by Alex Brooker for BBC FOUR, which tells the story of the NHS through the voices of the people whose lives it has affected, from its birth...
The NHS - A People’s History
Episode 2
- Broadcast
- 2018 (59 mins)
Alex Brooker continues to chart the history of the National Health Service via the treasured mementoes and personal stories of patients and staff whose lives it has affected since its inception in 1948. This...
The NHS - A People’s History
Episode 3
- Broadcast
- 2018 (59 mins)
Alex Brooker continues to chart the history of the Health Service via the treasured memories of patients and staff whose lives it has affected since its inception in 1948. This third episode covers 1997 to...
Magic Numbers: Hannah Fry’s Mysterious World of Maths
Episode 1
- Broadcast
- 2018 (58 mins)
In this new series, mathematician Dr Hannah Fry explores the mystery of maths. It underpins so much of our modern world that it’s hard to imagine life without its technological advances but where exactly...
Magic Numbers: Hannah Fry’s Mysterious World of Maths
Episode 2
- Broadcast
- 2018 (58 mins)
In this new series, mathematician Dr Hannah Fry explores the mystery of maths. It underpins so much of our modern world that its hard to imagine life without its technological advances but where exactly does...
Magic Numbers: Hannah Fry’s Mysterious World of Maths
Episode 3
- Broadcast
- 2018 (59 mins)
In this new series, mathematician Dr Hannah Fry explores the mystery of maths. It underpins so much of our modern world that it’s hard to imagine life without its technological advances - but where exactly...
Asa Briggs - The Last Victorian Improver
Episode
- Broadcast
- 2017 (57 mins)
Tristram Hunt MP tracks the life’s work of the historian Asa Briggs, who was instrumental in the founding of the University of Sussex and the Open University. By the time of his death last year, Asa Briggs...
The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway-The Final Countdown
Episode 1
- Broadcast
- 2017 (58 mins)
This series follows more than ten thousand engineers and construction workers fight to stop London’s streets caving in or snarling up with traffic as they race to complete the brand new railway directly...