Dark Matter: A History of the Afrofuture

S01E04: West Africa | Lost Kingdoms of Africa

Gus Casely-Hayford travels to Nigeria and Mali to explore the story behind a series of magnificent 16th-century bronzes made in...

Benin Bronzes | Civilisations

David Olusoga visits the Benin Bronzes at the British Museum.

Galenic anatomy | The Beauty of Anatomy

Adam Rutherford explains Galen's theory of the four humours.

S01E01: Monet | Fake or Fortune

Journalist Fiona Bruce teams up with art expert Philip Mould to investigate mysteries behind paintings, starting with what they believe is an...

02: Andreas Vesalius | The Beauty of Anatomy

Adam Rutherford tells the story of 16th-century anatomist Andreas Vesalius, who produced the first complete account of the human...

01: Liberty, Diversity, Depravity | The Art of Gothic: Britain's Midnight Hour

In 18th century England, out of the Age of Enlightenment came a Gothic obsession with monsters...

03: New York 1951 | Bright Lights, Brilliant Minds: A Tale of Three Cities

James Fox tells the story of New York in 1951, when the likes of Jackson Pollock, Jack Kerouac, Ma...

03: Smashing the Mould | The Art of Russia

Andrew Graham-Dixon tells the story of Russian art. He examines political revolution and how art was at the forefront of throwing ...

Comic book propaganda | Age of the Image

James Fox explores the use of comic books to spread political messages during WW2 in Germany.

04: The Hunter Brothers | The Beauty of Anatomy

How the Hunter brothers transformed medicine and art in 18th-century Britain, believing that anatomy could only be learnt by ...

Andy Warhol: The prince of Pop Art | The Forum

Bridget Kendall explores pop artist Andy Warhol with the gallery director Eric Shiner, art historian Professor Jean Wainwright...

Andy Warhol: Time Regained

Lenny Henry travels to Pittsburgh to witness the opening of Andy Warhol's mysterious and eccentric mega-artwork, the Time Capsules, capturing the ...

Charles is Executed | Charles I's Treasure Reunited

Brenda Emmanus discusses the execution of Charles I.

Contemporary African Recycled art | African Renaissance: When Art Meets Power

Afua meets an artist who is using rubbish from the slums as material to create art.

Episode 1 | Renaissance: The Blood and the Beauty

Michelangelo and Leonardo struggle to make their reputations in the brutal world of Renaissance Italy, as both must play a ...

Henry and the Church | Henry VIII: Patron or Plunderer?

Jonathan Foyle explains how Henry VIII validated his new Church through a painting by Hans Holbein that connected him...

The Genius of Leonardo Da Vinci | Art on the BBC

Janina Ramirez explores the BBC archives to create a TV history of Leonardo Da Vinci, discovering what lies beneath the Mona...

01: Galen and Leonardo | The Beauty of Anatomy

Adam Rutherford begins his series investigating the close relationship between discoveries in anatomy and the works of art tha...

01: Gang of Four | The Impressionists: Painting and Revolution

Waldemar Januszczak explores the revolutionary achievements of the Impressionists. He delves into the back sto...

01: Vienna 1908 | Bright Lights, Brilliant Minds: A Tale of Three Cities

Dr James Fox tells the story of Vienna in 1908, when Klimt painted The Kiss and Freud revealed the O...