Arts Deep Dives
Looking closer at the art movements that have shaped our world.
The Skin of Our Teeth—Civilisation
Kenneth Clark's classic 1969 series looks at how European art survived the Dark Ages.
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Accident and Opportunity—How the BBC Began, Series 1
The eyewitnesses and participants in the BBC’s history recount its triumphs and disasters.
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Truth and Democracy—Simon Schama's History of Now, Series 1
Simon Schama explores the artists who have fought for truth and democracy in his lifetime.
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Morocco—Africa Rising with Afua Hirsch, Series 1
Afua explores how young Moroccans are transforming old traditions into thrilling new art.
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Upstarts—Sensationalists: The Bad Girls and Boys of British Art, Series 1
A look at the origins of the Young British Artists in the art schools of the mid-80s.
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Second Moment of Creation—Civilisations, Series 1
A look at the formative role art and imagination have played in the forging of humanity.
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Episode 1—Get On Up: The Triumph of Black America, Series 1
Actor David Harewood travels across America to discover the stories behind his heroes.
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Lights in the Darkness—Art That Made Us, Series 1
Contemporary artists encounter artworks from a period once known as the 'dark' ages.
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Episode 1—Nature and Us: A History through Art, Series 1
James Fox uses art to chart humankind’s earliest attempts to gain control over nature.
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The Foundation—Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World, Series 1
A cast of hip-hop icons chart the factors that led to the birth of the genre.
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Rock the Boat—Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution, Series 1
A global music craze is born in the loft apartments and basement bars of 1970s New York.
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Episode 1—Secrets of the Museum, Series 3
A Beatrix Potter drawing leads to a new find, and Tommy Cooper’s magic tricks reveal all.
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A Woman's Place—Novels That Shaped Our World, Series 1
How women writers, women readers and women's lives have been central to the novel.
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Mechanical Paradise—The Shock of the New
How the development of technology influenced art between 1880 and the end of WWI.
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Legends and Pioneers—Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us', Series 1
Harry Belafonte, Earl Cameron and Diahann Carroll discuss being pioneers in a white world.
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Living the Dream—Andy Warhol's America, Series 1
How Warhol both glorified and critiqued American culture.
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The Birth of Art—Treasures of Ancient Egypt
Alastair Sooke crosses the Sahara and travels the Nile to find Egypt's earliest art.
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