The Western Tradition - Season 1 Episode 50

A history of American art with Waldemar Januszczak

Art historian Waldemar Januszczak uncovers the secret meanings hidden within some of the greatest paintings by Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cezanne and Seurat .

Rococo art is often dismissed as frivolous. But Waldemar Januszczak disagrees and in this three-part series he tries to bring Rococo art closer to...

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...

Morgan Freeman presents his quest in order to find how most religions perceive life after death, what different civilizations thought about the act...

A series of programmes exploring great figures and events from biblical times. Historical, archaeological and anthropological evidence gives fresh...

The Bible is both a religious and historical work, but how much is myth and how much is history?

The cemetery, for all its creepiness and mystery, is actually a fascinating place to uncover incredible art, surprising architectural finds, and a...

An epic adventure that aims to unravel the mystery at the heart of our existence: the questions of our identity and our destiny.  The series...

Documentary series covering a year in the life of Canterbury Cathedral.