40% Bright Lights, Brilliant Minds: A Tale of Three Cities
Network:BBC Four
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S01E03 - "New York 1951"
Aired on Sep 3, 2014, 8:00 PM
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Dr. James Fox tells the story of three cities in three exceptional years - cities whose artists and thinkers, writers and musicians set the world on a new course.
Episodes (1 Season · 3 Episodes)
E1
Vienna 1908
Dr James Fox tells the story of Vienna in 1908, when Klimt painted The Kiss and Freud revealed the Oedipus complex, but also when Adolf Hitler arrived in the city.
Aug 20, 2014
60 min
E2
Paris 1928
Dr James Fox tells the story of Paris in 1928, where talents like Magritte, Dali, Bunuel, Hemingway, Gershwin, Josephine Baker, Cole Porter and Le Corbusier flourished.
Aug 27, 2014
60 min
E3
New York 1951
James Fox tells the story of New York in 1951, when the likes of Jackson Pollock, Jack Kerouac, Marlon Brando and David Ogilvy helped create the world we know today.
Sep 3, 2014
60 min
