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  • Art That Made Us

    Episode 2 ' Revolution of the Dead

    Broadcast
    2022 (59 mins)

    An alternative history of the Black Death of the Middle Ages and its bitter but profoundly creative aftermath. Contemporary artists and performers, alongside historians and curators, reveal how a century...

  • Art That Made Us

    Episode 5 ' Consumers and Conscience

    Broadcast
    2022 (59 mins)

    This episode traces the story of Britain during the 18th century, a period that saw an explosion of creativity and a country with enough money, from trade and conquest, to pay for it. But the money had a...

  • Mark Steel Lectures Series Three

    Rene Descartes

    Broadcast
    2006 (29 mins)

    Join award winning comedian Mark Steel as he turns his attentions to RenÈ Descartes in this week’s edition of the Bafta nominated series.

  • Mark Steel Lectures Series Three

    Oliver Cromwell

    Broadcast
    2006 (29 mins)

    1/6 new series of comedy lectures presented by comedian Mark STEEL. Today: Oliver CROMWELL, the man who led the New Model Army and played a leading role in bringing Charles I to trial and execution.

  • Mark Steel Lectures Series Three

    Harriet Tubman

    Broadcast
    2006 (29 mins)

    Join award winning comedian Mark Steel as he turns his attentions to Harriet Tubman in this week’s edition of the Bafta nominated series.

  • Mark Steel Lectures Series Three

    Geoffrey Chaucer

    Broadcast
    2006 (29 mins)

    4/6 series of comedy lectures presented by comedian Mark STEEL. This week a look at Geoffrey CHAUCER, author of The Canterbury Tales.

  • Mark Steel Lectures Series Three

    Che Guevara

    Broadcast
    2006 (29 mins)

    Join award winning comedian Mark Steel as he turns his attentions to Che Guevara in this week’s edition of the Bafta nominated series.

  • Mark Steel Lectures Series Three

    Charlie Chaplin

    Broadcast
    2006 (29 mins)

    Join award winning comedian Mark Steel as he turns his attentions to Charlie Chaplin in this week’s edition of the Bafta nominated series.

  • Mark Steel Lectures Series Two

    Ludwig Van Beethoven

    Broadcast
    2004 (29 mins)

    Ludwig Van Beethoven Mark Steel turns up the volume on Beethoven with his tribute to a man who was the nearest eighteenth-century Vienna got to not only Jimi Hendrix, but also Captain Sensible. Unflinchingly...

  • Mark Steel Lectures Series One

    Leonardo Da Vinci

    Broadcast
    2004 (29 mins)

    Leonardo Da Vinci Creator of some of the greatest works of art in human history, but at the same time barely able to finish them, Leonardo is possibly the most easily distracted genius who ever lived. Mark...