History
Simon Schama's Shakespeare
Simon Schama argues that it is impossible to understand how Shakespeare came to belong 'to all time' without understanding just how much he was of his time.
1. This England (59 mins)
- The People’s Piazza: A History of Covent GardenAn immersive journey through the history of a place of produce, performance and protest88 mins
- Treasures of the Anglo-SaxonsArt historian Dr Nina Ramirez reveals the codes and messages hidden in Anglo-Saxon art.59 mins
- RewindRewind to the news, music and events of 2000.
- Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan DoyleThe ultimate power struggle. The famed super-sleuth and the writer who came to resent him
- Agatha Christie: Lucy Worsley on the Mystery QueenA life as dramatic as her work. The secret factors that shaped her dark imagination
- CivilisationsSimon Schama looks at the pivotal role art has played in the forging of humanity itself.
- Simon Schama's History of NowA lifetime in art – and the enduring power of culture in shaping the defining issues
- Around the World in 80 TreasuresDan Cruickshank looks for man-made treasures in Brazil, Peru and on Easter Island.
- A Life in Ten PicturesEvery picture tells a story. Freddie's defining moments, revealed by those who were there
- Britain's Pompeii: A Village Lost in TimeAlice Roberts joins the team excavating a 3,000-year-old Bronze Age village in the Fens.59 mins
- The First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made BritainIn 1714, Britain shipped in a ready-made royal family from the German state of Hanover.
- The Latest Secrets of HieroglyphsCracking the code. A new generation of Egyptologists reanimate an entire civilisation59 mins
