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  • Age of the Image

    Episode 1 - A New Reality

    Broadcast
    2020 (60 mins)

    In a major new series, art historian James Fox explores how the power of images has transformed the modern world. This first episode starts at the beginning of the 20th century, when an explosion of...

  • Age of the Image

    Episode 2 - Power Games

    Broadcast
    2020 (59 mins)

    James Fox explores how mass communication and new technology helped twentieth century image makers transform society, as films, photographs, TV, art and advertising all became weapons in the ideological...

  • Age of the Image

    Episode 3 - Seductive Dreams

    Broadcast
    2020 (59 mins)

    James Fox tells the story of how, in the second half of the 20th century, artists, advertisers and film-makers used the power of images to sell us dreams. From the influence of Kodak on our family photos to...

  • Age of the Image

    Episode 4 - Fake Dreams

    Broadcast
    2020 (59 mins)

    In the final episode of the series, James Fox explores how the image has become both more powerful - and less trusted - than ever before. As images increasingly surround us - on our phones, on billboards, in...

  • Shakespeare Live

    Shakespeare Live

    Broadcast
    2016 (143 mins)

    From the stage of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, hosts David Tennant and Catherine Tate will be joined by Benedict Cumberbatch, Judi Dench, Ian McKellen, Dame Helen Mirren, Meera Syal,...

  • The Secret Life of Children’s Books

    Five Children and It - Ep1

    Broadcast
    2016 (29 mins)

    Edith Nesbit is probably best known these days for The Railway Children but her earlier book Five Children and It was even more influential its blend of magic and the everyday paving the way for the Narnia...

  • The Secret Life of Children’s Books

    Water Babies - Ep2

    Broadcast
    2016 (29 mins)

    Written in 1862 by the Reverend Charles Kingsley, The Water Babies tells the story of a young chimney sweep called Tom who finds redemption amongst the pulsing life of the open ocean when he is transformed...

  • Full Steam Ahead

    Full Steam Ahead - Ep1

    Broadcast
    2016 (59 mins)

    It’s Full Steam Ahead for historians Ruth Goodman, Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn as they bring back to life the golden age of steam and explore how the Victorian railways created modern Britain. The...

  • Full Steam Ahead

    Full Steam Ahead - Ep2

    Broadcast
    2016 (59 mins)

    It’s Full Steam Ahead for historians Ruth Goodman, Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn as they bring back to life the golden age of steam and explore how the Victorian railways created modern Britain. In this...

  • Full Steam Ahead

    Full Steam Ahead - Ep3

    Broadcast
    2016 (59 mins)

    It’s Full Steam Ahead for historians Ruth Goodman, Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn as they bring back to life the golden age of steam and explore how the Victorian railways created modern Britain. This week...

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