TV Series2022 · BBC Two · Ended · 59 min
An epic story of creativity. How works of art from Britain's past have shaped us. Some are surprising, others familiar - but all are at the heart of dramatic moments of change.
Who is in it. Open anyone to see what else they are in.
David Threlfall
Self - Narrator (voice)
8 episodes
Joanna Story
Self - Prof. of Medieval History
1 episode
Tim Pestell
Self - Curator, Norwich Castle Museum
1 episode
Sean Parry
Self - Artist & Performer
1 episode
Heatther Pulliam
Self - Senior Lecture, College of Art
1 episode
Cornella Parker
Self - Artist
1 episode
Maria Dahvana Headley
Self - Author and Translator
1 episode
Woodrow Phoenix
Self - Artist (Comics)
1 episode
Simon Armitage
Self - Poet Laureate, Translated Pearl. 2016
1 episode
Sarah Maple
Self - Artist
1 episode
Clare Lees
Self - Prof. of Medieval Literature
2 episodes
Bobby Mills
Self - Prof. of Medieval Studies
1 episode
Jonathan Sumption
Self - Historian
1 episode
Shazia Jagot
Self - Lecturer in Medieval and Global Literature
1 episode
Anna Morris
Self - Writer, Actrice & Comedian
1 episode
Tom Chivers
Self - Writer & Producer
1 episode
Chris Levine
Self - Artist & Photographer
1 episode
Gabriele Finaldi
Self - Director, The National Gallery
1 episode
Marc Quinn
Self - Artist
1 episode
Maria Fusco
Self - Writer
1 episode
Brice Davies
Self - Welsh Street Artist (Graffiti)
1 episode
Sarah Brown
Self - Director, The Yorrk Glaziers Trust
1 episode
Stephanie Merrit
Self - Author & Journalist
1 episode
Gemma Allen
Self - Senior Lecture in Early Modern History
1 episode
Eleri Lynn
Self - Fashion Historian
1 episode
Nandini Das
Self - Prof. of Early Modern Literature & Culture
1 episode
James Merry
Self - Artist (Mask & Clothing)
1 episode
Katherine Butler
Self - Senior Lecture in Music
1 episode
Matthew Beale
Self - Chief Executive, ORA Singers
1 episode
Cathy Shrank
Self - Prof. of Tudor & Renaissance Literature
1 episode
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