The Civilisations Podcast
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The Civilisations Podcast
The podcast companion to the series exploring thousands of years of visual culture.
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11 ಎಪಿಸೋಡ್ಗಳುEpisode 10: David Olusoga
David Olusoga talks to Viv Jones about the making of Civilisations. They discuss his two episodes, First Contact and The Cult of Progress. David says...
Episode 9: Simon Schama
Simon Schama talks to Viv Jones about the making of Civilisations. They discuss the highs and lows of filming such an ambitious global series, from be...
Episode 8: Matika Wilbur, Chip Colwell and Ernest House Jr.
In the 8th programme in the Civilisations TV series, David Olusoga looks at how artists reacted to the colonialism of the 19th century. He travels to...
Episode 7: Colourful Stories
Unusual stories of the bizarre and gruesome things that have been used as paint pigments from Kassia St Clair, author of The Secret Lives of Colour. P...
Episode 6: How Civilisations Collapse and Understanding the Aztecs
Contrary to myth and misconception, the Aztecs were not a bloodthirsty, inhumane, deeply patriarchal and authoritarian society. Viv Jones is disabused...
Episode 5: Caravaggio
Viv Jones delves into the BBC archives to find out how Caravaggio’s tempestuous life - of brawls, duels, and prison escapes - is reflected in his prov...
Episode 4: Mary Beard, and Brian Dillon on Ruin Lust
Mary Beard reveals the thinking behind The Eye of Faith, the fourth programme in the Civilisations series. Depicting the divine in art has been a fasc...
Episode 3: Ansel Adams and Escapist Prison Landscapes
Stories of two American photographers. A few years ago, Alyse Emdur found a Polaroid of her family posed in front of a painted beach scene in the visi...
Episode 2: Mary Beard, David Attenborough and Janina Ramirez
Mary Beard talks to Viv Jones about the making of Civilisations. Plus, David Attenborough's speech from the Civilisations launch event, and art histor...
Episode 1: Saving Mummies Under Sniper Fire and Ice Age Art
Viv Jones hears how archaeologist Monica Hanna rescued mummies under sniper fire in Egypt, and visits the British Museum to speak with Jill Cook about...