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Beard takes the Via Appia to Rome to show the lives of ordinary citizens in imperial times, those citizens who would be in the top seats of the Colosseum. She takes a boat to Rome's port Ostia , where imported goods come from all over the Mediterranean, and she takes us into the bowels of Monte Testaccio .
Civilisations is a 2018 British art history television documentary series produced by the BBC in association with PBS as a follow-up to the original 1969 landmark series Civilisation by Kenneth Clark. Individual episodes are presented by Simon Schama, Mary Beard, and David Olusoga, [1] with music composed by Tandis Jenhudson. [2]
2016 saw Beard present Pompeii: New Secrets Revealed with Mary Beard on BBC One in March. [50] While May 2016, brought about a four-part series shown on BBC Two, titled Mary Beard's Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit. [51] Beard's standalone documentary Julius Caesar Revealed was shown on BBC One in 2018. [52]
It's not easy to find all the best documentaries on a single streaming service. Whether you're in the mood for an awe-inspiring nature movie or a true crime spectacle for the ages, YouTube's ...
Historical novelist Lindsey Davis writing in The Times points out that "the episodes were produced by different teams" and "it shows," stating episodes 3 and 4 work better than episodes 1, 2, and 5 and although she hasn't seen the final episode, she wants to watch it and she "can't say fairer than that." She compliments the producers who "avoid ...
Gill directed episodes 1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 12 and 13. Montagnon directed episodes 2, 6, 7, 9, and co-directed episode 11 with Ann Turner, who also directed episode 4. [11] The series was replayed on BBC Four and released in the Region 2 DVD area in 2005; a Region 1 set followed in 2006. The DVD release included a short interview with David ...
The first episode in this two-part series covers familiar ground but is enriched by Jamie Foxx’s voicing of Jackie Robinson and narration from Robinson’s widow, Rachel.
The gentle series takes a hard left turn in the "Beard After Hours" episode, where Brendan Hunt walks — and dances — alone. Look inside why Coach Beard walks alone in that stray 'Ted Lasso ...