Simon Schama's Story of Us
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.
Series 1
1. Who Are We Now?
0.0Jan 8, 2025 · 59 minSimon 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.
2. Whose Britain Is It Anyway?
0.0Jan 15, 2025 · 59 minSimon 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.
3. Our Contested Land
0.0Jan 22, 2025 · 59 minSimon 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.