History
Treasures of Ancient Egypt
Alastair Sooke tells the story of Ancient Egyptian art through 30 extraordinary masterpieces.
1. The Birth of Art (59 mins)
- Inside CinemaThe woman in red: a traffic-stopping fixture of film culture since the dawn of cinema.
- Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'When art met activitism 鈥� a host of stars on the quest for inclusion on and off screen.
- Leonard Bernstein Remembered by Marin AlsopConductor Marin Alsop shares her experiences of the legendary West Side Story composer.14 mins
- Mysteries of the Bayeux TapestryExperts from archaeologists to astrophysicists offer new insights on the Bayeux Tapestry.59 mins
- 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.
- Archaeology: A Secret HistoryRichard Miles explores how archaeology began by trying to prove a biblical truth.
- Britain's Outlaws: Highwaymen, Pirates and RoguesSam Willis looks at urban crime, fraud and corruption in the 18th century.59 mins
- How to Get AheadStephen Smith finds out what it took to get ahead at the court of Richard II.
- Castles: Britain's Fortified HistoryHow the castle became a weapon with which unruly barons challenged the Crown.
- Genius of the Ancient WorldBettany Hughes travels to India to investigate the revolutionary ideas of the Buddha.
- The Latest Secrets of HieroglyphsCracking the code. A new generation of Egyptologists reanimate an entire civilisation59 mins
