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Union With David Olusoga
Episode 3 - The Two Nations
- Broadcast
- 2023 (59 mins)
In the Nineteenth Century the union of Great Britain and Ireland appeared to be secure and powerful. Yet beneath the surface were deep divisions between rich and poor, and social class began to define...
Union With David Olusoga
Episode 4 - Union and Disunion
- Broadcast
- 2023 (60 mins)
On the 13th July 1911 the investiture of the Prince of Wales, heir to the throne, was held at Caernarfon Castle. David explores how this centuries old ceremony - by some seen as a symbol of Welsh subjugation...
Scotland’s Sacred Islands with Ben Fogle
Isles of the Clyde - Arran & Holy Isle
- Broadcast
- 2023 (59 mins)
Setting off for Arran and Holy Isle, Ben sails from the busy port of Ardrossan on Scotland’s west coast and takes the short ferry trip across the Firth of Clyde to the beautiful Isle of Arran. Only two...
Scotland’s Sacred Islands with Ben Fogle
Isles of the Sound - Islay & Jura
- Broadcast
- 2023 (59 mins)
Ben takes a tiny passenger ferry from mainland Argyll down the length of Loch Sween to arrive on Islay. While the island is famed for its whisky - the island has more distilleries than churches - its links...
Scotland’s Sacred Islands with Ben Fogle
Isles of Wind
- Broadcast
- 2023 (59 mins)
Crossing the infamously wild Pentland Firth in blessedly calm conditions, Ben Fogle heads for the Orkney Isles. Orkney has seen a diverse range of faiths for over 5,000 years. From the awesome ceremonial...
Scotland’s Sacred Islands with Ben Fogle
Isle of Mist - Skye
- Broadcast
- 2023 (59 mins)
In the final leg of his journey and in a Sacred Islands first, Ben Fogle can drive to his destination rather than sail. The Skye Bridge opened in 1995 and has seen tourist numbers to the island double....
Stacey Dooley: Inside the Undertakers
Episode
- Broadcast
- 2023 (58 mins)
Stacey tackles the subject of death by immersing herself in the world of undertaking at a century old funeral director’s. This film follows Stacey’s previous acclaimed documentary from the same...
Civilisations
Episode 4 - The Eye of Faith
- Broadcast
- 2018 (59 mins)
In this film Professor Mary Beard broaches the controversial, sometimes dangerous, topic of religion and art. For millennia, art has inspired religion as much as religion has inspired art. Yet there are...
Civilisations
Episode 5 - Triumph of Art
- Broadcast
- 2018 (59 mins)
Think Renaissance and you think Italy. But in the 15th and 16th centuries the great Islamic empires experienced their own extraordinary cultural flowering. The two phenomena did not unfold in separate...
Civilisations
Episode 6 - First Contact
- Broadcast
- 2018 (59 mins)
In the 15th and 16th centuries distant and disparate cultures met, often for the first time. These encounters provoked wonder, awe, bafflement and fear. And, as historian of empire David Olusoga shows, art...