Artworks Episodes Available now
2. My Generation—The Guitar Story
2/4 John Wilson explores the story of the guitar as a driver of social and cultural change.
Above and Below: The Battle to Save Britain's Prehistoric Art
Eleanor Barraclough explores the threat from climate change to our ancient creative past.
1. Flamenco to the Blues—The Guitar Story
1/4 John Wilson explores the story of the guitar as a driver of social and cultural change.
3. Beyond Depression: What We Get Wrong About Sylvia Plath—The Writing Life of Sylvia Plath
3/3 A major three-part series on Sylvia Plath, presented by Mariella Frostrup.
Girl with a Pearl Earring—Art That Conquered the World
James Fox asks how Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring became so famous.
2. Wifehood, Womanhood and Friendship—The Writing Life of Sylvia Plath
2/3 A major three-part series on Sylvia Plath presented by Mariella Frostrup.
Guernica—Art That Conquered the World
James Fox asks how Picasso's Guernica became so famous.
3. The Festival of Britain 1951 and the Coronation 1953—Who Did We Think We Were?
3/3 Neil MacGregor on past expressions of British identity and how they shape our identity now
1. Childhood, Youth and Motherhood—The Writing Life of Sylvia Plath
1/3 A major three-part series on Sylvia Plath, presented by Mariella Frostrup.
2. The 1938 Empire Exhibition in Glasgow—Who Did We Think We Were?
2/3 Neil MacGregor on past expressions of British identity and how they shape our identity now
