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Michael Portillo learns about a Scottish hero, visits a Highland Games and discovers how an impressive piece of Victorian engineering ended in tragedy. Show more
Robert Bartlett lays bare the framework of the medieval class system, where inequality was part of the natural order and the life of serfs little better than those of animals. Show more
Victoria looks at the earliest bohemian artists in post-revolutionary Paris and explores how its subculture took root in Britain through the eccentricities of the Pre-Raphaelites. Show more
Film following Tracey Emin at work in her studio as she prepares for an exhibition in Vienna, where her work is displayed next to that of her artistic hero Egon Schiele. Show more
Romantic film drama set in 1930s England. Seventeen-year-old Cassandra Mortmain and her eccentric family struggle to live in a crumbling English castle. Adapted from the novel by Dodie Smith.
In Conversation
Episode 1: Julie Walters in Conversation with Richard E Grant
1 hour
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At the BFI Southbank, Julie Walters discusses her movie career, from the song and dance of Mamma Mia! to the tragicomedy of Calendar Girls via a role in the Harry Potter series. Show more
Robert Bartlett lays bare the framework of the medieval class system, where inequality was part of the natural order and the life of serfs little better than those of animals. Show more
Film following Tracey Emin at work in her studio as she prepares for an exhibition in Vienna, where her work is displayed next to that of her artistic hero Egon Schiele. Show more
Victoria looks at the earliest bohemian artists in post-revolutionary Paris and explores how its subculture took root in Britain through the eccentricities of the Pre-Raphaelites. Show more
