Marc Quinn – Alison Lapper Pregnant | Mary Beard’s Shock of the Nude

S1E4: West Africa | Lost Kingdoms of Africa

Gus Casely-Hayford travels to Nigeria and Mali to explore the story behind a series of magnificent 16th-century bronzes made in t...

Benin Bronzes | Civilisations

David Olusoga visits the Benin Bronzes at the British Museum.

2: The City and the Soul | The Art of Gothic: Britain's Midnight Hour

As the Industrial Revolution promised more inexplicable wonders of the modern world, Gothic art and lit...

1: Liberty, Diversity, Depravity | The Art of Gothic: Britain's Midnight Hour

In 18th century England, out of the Age of Enlightenment came a Gothic obsession with monsters ...

2: Andreas Vesalius | The Beauty of Anatomy

Adam Rutherford tells the story of 16th-century anatomist Andreas Vesalius, who produced the first complete account of the human ...

Propaganda films | Age of the Image

James Fox explains the method in which propaganda was created to advertise Nazism.

Charles is Executed | Charles I's Treasure Reunited

Brenda Emmanus discusses the execution of Charles I.

Anatomy in Tudor Britain | The Beauty of Anatomy

Adam Rutherford explains how Vesalius' anatomy had reached and was being used in Tudor England.

1: Ghosts in the Machine | The Genius of Design

The story of the birth of industrial design, from celebrated names to the work of anonymous designers responsible for prosaic...

Cobalt mining incidents | Panorama

Miners tell their stories of accidents and the working conditions in the cobalt mines of Kolwezi, DRC.

Making a chair (Part 1) | Inside the Factory

Gregg visits different parts of the factory to find out how the parts for his Windsor chair get made. First up cutting the diffe...

Charles I's Treasure Reunited

Brenda Emmanus explores the art collection of Charles I, much of which is being reunited for a unique exhibition for the first time since his e...

Cotton mill | Pubs, Ponds and Power: The Story of the Village

The creation of one of the first cotton mills in Cromford.

Florence Nightingale's rose diagram | The Beauty of Diagrams

Florence Nightingale's revolutionary and controversial rose diagram showed that hospitals, as they were, could k...

Making a chair (Part 2) | Inside the Factory

Gregg visits different parts of the factory to find out how the parts for his Windsor chair get made. Next up, bending the bow o...

S6E6: Chairs | Inside the Factory

Gregg Wallace visits the Ercol factory in Buckinghamshire to follow the production of a Windsor chair. Meanwhile, Cherry Healey investigate...

Sourcing and processing timber | Inside the Factory

Cherry investigates the source of wood used for making Windsor chairs, and the process it undergoes to make it ready for ...

The Industrial Revolution | Civilisations

David Olusoga the social, cultural and scientific changes of the Industrial Revolution in Britain, as depicted in art.

The Muscle Men | The Beauty of Anatomy

Adam Rutherford investigates Vesalius' muscle men.

Different materials and their possibilities | Making Masterpieces

Neil Macgregor explains how the materials an artist has access to restrict what art they can create.