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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...
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...
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 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
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
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
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
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 Two
Sylvia Pankhurst
- Broadcast
- 2004 (29 mins)
Sylvia Pankhurst Tracing her life from schooldays in radical Manchester to retirement in rural Essex, when Haile Selassie occasionally came to call, Sylvia Pankhurst the revolutionary and Rastafarian...
Mark Steel Lectures Series Two
Albert Einstein
- Broadcast
- 2004 (29 mins)
Albert Einstein A great physicist but a lousy father, Einstein played with the nature of space and time as easily as he did his beloved violin. Mark Steel grapples with the fundamental nature of the Universe...