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Episode one immerses us in the turbulent era that followed the Roman occupation of Britain. After the Romans leave, waves of invasion reshape the...

Episode two traces an alternative history of the Black Death of the Middle Ages. From the chaos of the Black Death comes creative renewal; survivors...

Episode three looks at the story of the 16th century religious revolution, as England and other parts of the British Isles turned to Protestantism.

A splintering of politics and religion in the British Isles under the Stuart kings leads to more questioning art, new science and architecture.

In the 18th century, trade and conquest funds an explosion of creativity, and art stirs a growing social conscience.

With the industrial revolution transforming the British Isles, cities and country are divided and artists respond to the upheaval to lives and the...

The world wars force artists to grapple with destruction and savagery, challenging conventions and the old imperial order, while those fleeing war...

In the final episode of the series, an explosion of new voices from across the British Isles reinvents the arts, creating a richer, more diverse...

Michael Wood argues that the most important and influential British kings were a father, son and grandson who lived over a thousand years ago during...

Women write art history – but in turn are systematically ignored by it. LOST WOMEN ART tells the story of the suppressed female avant-garde and...

During the turbulent 19th century, a number of brilliant French artists developed the Romantic movement in Paris: writers Victor Hugo, Alexandre...

In an absorbing study, Andrew Graham-Dixon tells the story of a national art that conveys passion, precision, hope and renewal. He juxtaposes...

In his most personal project to date, Simon Schama looks back at the dramatic history that has played out in his lifetime. Best known for writing...