Episodes
| Series | Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Claire Tomalin on Dora Jordan | 20140428 | In the first essay of the week, shedding light on key figures of the Georgian era, biographer Claire Tomalin explores the life of Dora Jordan, the greatest comic actress of her day and renowned for being lover to the future king.
The rest of the essays in this series are by the actor and writer Ian Kelly on actor, playwright, and theatre manager David Garrick; historian Amanda Vickery on Lancashire gentlewoman Elizabeth Parker Shackleton; writer and cartoonist Martin Rowson on Hogarth and historian Dan Cruikshank on architect Robert Adam.
Producer: Mohini Patel.
Claire Tomalin on the life of actress Dora Jordan, lover of the future King William IV. Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond. | ||
| 01 | Claire Tomalin on Dora Jordan | 20140428 | 20150817 (R3) | In the first essay of the week, shedding light on key figures of the Georgian era, biographer Claire Tomalin explores the life of Dora Jordan, the greatest comic actress of her day and renowned for being lover to the future king.
The rest of the essays in this series are by the actor and writer Ian Kelly on actor, playwright, and theatre manager David Garrick; historian Amanda Vickery on Lancashire gentlewoman Elizabeth Parker Shackleton; writer and cartoonist Martin Rowson on Hogarth and historian Dan Cruikshank on architect Robert Adam.
Producer: Mohini Patel.
Claire Tomalin on the life of actress Dora Jordan, lover of the future King William IV. Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond. | |
| 02 | Ian Kelly on David Garrick | 20140429 | Actor and writer Ian Kelly explores the life and times of David Garrick. Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond. | ||
| 02 | Ian Kelly on David Garrick | 20140429 | 20150817 (R3) | Actor and writer Ian Kelly explores the life and times of David Garrick. Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond. | |
| 03 | Amanda Vickery on Elizabeth Parker Shackleton | 20140430 | Historian Amanda Vickery explores the life of Elizabeth Parker Shackleton. Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond. | ||
| 03 | Amanda Vickery on Elizabeth Parker Shackleton | 20140430 | 20150819 (R3) | Historian Amanda Vickery explores the life of Elizabeth Parker Shackleton. Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond. | |
| 04 | Martin Rowson on William Hogarth | 20140501 | Writer and cartoonist Martin Rowson discusses the satiric genius of William Hogarth. Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond. | ||
| 05 | Dan Cruikshank on Robert Adam | 20140502 | Dan Cruikshank on the work of neo-classical architect and interior designer Robert Adam. Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond. | ||
| 05 | Dan Cruikshank on Robert Adam | 20140502 | 20150911 (R3) | Dan Cruikshank on the work of neo-classical architect and interior designer Robert Adam. Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond. |