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Winter 2013

Episode 1: Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train A Comin'

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

The story of how a shy, former private in the 101st Airborne - Jimi Hendrix - became the greatest rock guitarist of all time, using never-before-seen performance footage. Show more

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Winter 2013

Episode 2: Edmund de Waal: Make Pots or Die

Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Documentary following bestselling author Edmund de Waal over the course of a remarkable year, as he exhibits his pottery work for the first time and researches his next book. Show more

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Winter 2013

Episode 3: Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Alan Yentob looks at the unique role Jews have played in creating the modern American musical, from Porgy and Bess to West Side Story and Cabaret. Show more

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Winter 2013

Episode 4: Turning the Art World Inside Out

Duration: 1 hour, 10 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Northern Ireland

Alan Yentob explores outsider art, examines why the oeuvre is only now being accepted by the art establishment and meets some visionary outside art creators and their enthusiasts. Show more

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Winter 2013

Episode 5: Hitler, the Tiger and Me

Duration: 1 hour, 10 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Northern Ireland HD

Documentary telling the story of Judith Kerr, creator of well-loved children's books including Mog and The Tiger Who Came to Tea. Now 90, she revisits her childhood home of Berlin. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Alan Yentob
Participant:
Judith Kerr
Participant:
Lauren Child
Participant:
Michael Morpurgo
Participant:
Michael Rosen
Producer:
Jill Nicholls
Director:
Jill Nicholls
Series Editor:
Alan Yentob

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Winter 2013

Episode 6: Who's Afraid of Machiavelli?

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Marking the 500th anniversary of Machiavelli's book The Prince, which has been a manual for tyrants from Napoleon to Stalin. Featuring performances from Peter Capaldi. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Peter Capaldi
Presenter:
Alan Yentob
Participant:
Tim Collins
Participant:
Hilary Devey
Participant:
Alastair Campbell
Participant:
George RR Martin
Producer:
Clare Beavan
Director:
Clare Beavan
Series Editor:
Alan Yentob