66% Simon Schama's Story of Us
Network:BBC Two
Previous Episode
S01E03 - "Our Contested Land"
Aired on Jan 22, 2025, 9:00 PM
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Description
Art and culture define us - but in an age of change, who are we now? In divided times, Simon Schama asks whether art, music and words can be the threads that bind us together.
Episodes (1 Season · 3 Episodes)
E1
Who Are We Now?
Simon Schama meets Sir Cliff Richard, Jarvis Cocker, Ali Smith and Frank Cottrell-Boyce in an effort to understand how artists, writers and performers have charted the huge changes in Britain.
Jan 8, 2025
60 min
E2
Whose Britain Is it Anyway?
Simon Schama examines how artists and writers, ranging from James Bond creator Ian Fleming to two-tone band The Specials, have responded to the changing face of post-imperial Britain.
Jan 15, 2025
60 min
E3
Our Contested Land
Simon Schama looks at artists who've explored why the landscape matters to people's sense of who they are. From Philip Larkin to Seamus Heaney and Derek Jarman. Featuring U2's Bono.
Jan 22, 2025
60 min