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Civilisations
Episode 7 - Radiance
- Broadcast
- 2018 (59 mins)
Simon Schama starts his meditation on colour and civilisation with the great Gothic cathedrals of Amiens and Chartres. He then moves to 16th century Venice where masterpieces such as Giovanni Bellini’s San...
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,...
Extraordinary Rituals
Episode 1 - Circle of Life
- Broadcast
- 2018 (58 mins)
Extraordinary Rituals explores the spectacular and emotional world of rituals. In our frenzied lives rituals answer our human needs and desires; they teach us how to love, how to let go and where we belong....
Extraordinary Rituals
Episode 2 - Great Gatherings
- Broadcast
- 2018 (58 mins)
Great Gatherings looks at rituals that bring us together in huge numbers, keep communities alive and reinforce our identity - by joining the crowd. In Italy, Siena is a medieval city divided into 17...
Extraordinary Rituals
Episode 3 - Changing World
- Broadcast
- 2018 (59 mins)
This episode explores how rituals adapt in our changing world. How do ancient ceremonies stay relevant and when do we invent new rituals to answer our needs? In India, Bhumi is a 24 year-old business...
Vienna - Empire, Dynasty and Dream
Vienna - Empire, Dynasty and Dream - Episode 1
- Broadcast
- 2016 (58 mins)
The first episode begins nearly 2,000 years ago when the Romans established the fortress of Vindobona in 15BC; built to defend Rome from the hostile Germanic tribes to the north. But when Rome fell to the...
Vienna - Empire, Dynasty and Dream
Vienna - Empire, Dynasty and Dream - Episode 2
- Broadcast
- 2016 (59 mins)
After the Ottomans were defeated and the threat of their mighty army receded, war broke out between the Austria and the French over the Habsburgs Spanish territories. Called the War of Spanish Succession, it...
Vienna - Empire, Dynasty and Dream
Vienna - Empire, Dynasty and Dream - Episode 3
- Broadcast
- 2016 (59 mins)
Episode 3 begins in 1814. Napoleon Bonaparte had lost his empire and his throne. That Autumn, Europe’s most powerful men travelled to Vienna for the ultimate summit meeting: to rebuild the Europe Napoleon...
Ireland with Simon Reeve
Ireland with Simon Reeve - EP1
- Broadcast
- 2015 (59 mins)
Ireland with Simon Reeve explores the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland in a new two-part series for BBC Two. Both form one of the most beautiful islands in the world: a place steeped in history,...