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Shock of the Nude
A collection of programmes probing Western art's long-held obsession with the nude.
Mary Beard's witty, personal view on the story of the nude in western art.
Release date:
03 Feb 2020
Acclaimed play about Artemisia Gentileschi and the 1612 rape trial that gripped Rome.
Release date:
09 Feb 2020
Josie d'Arby presents a live life drawing masterclass, which viewers can take part in too.
Release date:
04 Feb 2020
The history of the humble fig leaf throughout 2,000 years of western art and ethics.
Release date:
10 Feb 2011
Art historian Kate Bryan creates a television history of the nude.
Release date:
02 Feb 2020
Horizon reveals that nakedness may hold the key to the success of the human species.
Release date:
03 Mar 2009
Documentary exploring attitudes to identity and image in the age of social media.
Release date:
10 Nov 2016
Roman anatomist Claudius Galen and the artist and part-time dissector Leonardo da Vinci.
Release date:
13 Aug 2014
Sam Roddick explores the enduring appeal of Botticelli's masterpiece The Birth of Venus.
Release date:
15 Feb 2016