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Symphony
Genesis and Genius
- Broadcast
- 2011 (59 mins)
Simon Russell Beale presents a radical reappraisal of the place of the symphony in the modern world and explores the surprising way in which it has shaped our history and identity. The first episode begins...
Symphony
Beethoven and Beyond
- Broadcast
- 2011 (59 mins)
Simon Russell Beale continues his journey into the world of the Symphony with the story of the revolutionary later symphonies of Ludwig van Beethoven and their phenomenal impact over the last two centuries....
Symphony
New Nations and New Worlds
- Broadcast
- 2011 (59 mins)
In this third programme, Simon Russell Beale takes us on a musical journey through the rise of nationalism in Europe into the New World. He discovers how nationalist voices such as Tchaikovsky, Dvorak and...
Symphony
Revolution and Rebirth
- Broadcast
- 2011 (59 mins)
In the final programme of the series, Simon Russell Beale’s journey takes him into the 20th century, a time when the certainties of Empire were falling away, war was looming and the world was changing...
Mental: A History Of The Madhouse
Mental: A History Of The Madhouse
- Broadcast
- 2010 (59 mins)
Documentary investigating Britain’s mental asylums, where 150,000 people were hidden away in the postwar period. The programme explores what the closure of the Victorian institutions reveals society’s...
Seven Ages of Britain
Age of Conquest
- Broadcast
- 2010 (59 mins)
In this series, David Dimbleby tells the story of Britain through its art and treasure. This, the first episode, begins with the Roman invasion and ends with the Norman Conquest. David travels throughout...
Seven Ages of Britain
Age of Worship
- Broadcast
- 2010 (59 mins)
2/7 of documentary in which Sir David Dimbleby looks at Britain’s history through its art and architecture. This week from the murder of Thomas Becket to the death of Richard II. Incl Canterbury...
Seven Ages of Britain
Age of Power
- Broadcast
- 2010 (59 mins)
3/7 of documentary in which Sir David Dimbleby looks at Britain’s history through its art & architecture in the sixteenth century. This programme shows how the Tudors used art as an instrument of power and...
Seven Ages of Britain
Age of Revolution
- Broadcast
- 2010 (59 mins)
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...
Seven Ages of Britain
Age of Money
- Broadcast
- 2010 (59 mins)
5/7 of documentary in which Sir David Dimbleby looks at Britain’s history through its art and architecture. Wealth of the 18th Century created a golden age in painting with work by Hogarth, Reynolds and...