In contrast to the more expansive, and expensive. range of Kenneth Clark 's history of Civilisation, John Berger 's series from 1972 re-examined the ways we look at painting and photography, manipulated by the medium and the context in which they are seen. The impact of the more modest series was arguably as influential as that of Civilisation. Ways of Seeing still stands as a provocative and witty warning to the viewer to beware. In this first programme, John Berger suggests that art is no longer a constant: photographic reproduction has changed the way we see paintings from the past. He describes how television can manipulate our responses to an image by the use of words or music. Produced by MICHAEL DIBB (R)
('Another Way of Telling' with John Berger. tomorrow at 9.45pm on BBC2)