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On the third leg of his journey, Michael Portillo learns how demand from rail commuters fuelled the development of the modern printing press. Show more
Chris Packham explores what makes animal groups successful. How are foxes bucking the trend of carnivores struggling to compete in a world with a rocketing human population? Show more
Adam Rutherford tells the story of how Henry Gray and Henry Carter put their bestseller Gray's Anatomy together based on dissections they personally performed. Show more
Documentary about English Egyptologist Flinders Petrie. Ancient Egypt was vandalised by tomb raiders until one Victorian maverick pioneered modern field archaeology. Show more
Film following preparations for a Tate retrospective of Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, whose use of repetitive patterns comes from hallucinations she has suffered since childhood. Show more
1968 film by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama and the late experimental filmmaker Jud Yalkut. The film has a psychedelic feel and non-narrative structure. Show more
Alastair Sooke discovers how John Constable, whose work often depicts such a familiar image of rural Britain, was painting in a way that was considered groundbreaking at the time. Show more
Chris Packham explores what makes animal groups successful. How are foxes bucking the trend of carnivores struggling to compete in a world with a rocketing human population? Show more
Adam Rutherford tells the story of how Henry Gray and Henry Carter put their bestseller Gray's Anatomy together based on dissections they personally performed. Show more
Documentary about English Egyptologist Flinders Petrie. Ancient Egypt was vandalised by tomb raiders until one Victorian maverick pioneered modern field archaeology. Show more
Film following preparations for a Tate retrospective of Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, whose use of repetitive patterns comes from hallucinations she has suffered since childhood. Show more
1968 film by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama and the late experimental filmmaker Jud Yalkut. The film has a psychedelic feel and non-narrative structure. Show more
