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Albion
In a ruined garden a woman searches for seeds of hope
Victoria Hamilton and Daisy Edgar-Jones star in a play about national identity and grief.
169 mins
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African Renaissance: When Art Meets Power
1/3 Africa on its own terms
How Ethiopia, Senegal and Kenya are becoming Africa's 21st century cultural powerhouses.
59 mins
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Sir Simon Rattle conducts the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain and massed choirs.
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My Name Is Kwame
Alan Yentob meets the playwright, actor and theatre director Kwame Kwei-Armah.
62 mins
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Culture in Quarantine
Filmed in Lockdown: Reconnect: Digital Raving
One man’s lockdown is too much to bear until he reconnects with friends for a remote rave.
14 mins
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2016: 14. Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
From the 2016 BBC Proms, Martha Argerich performs Liszt's First Piano Concerto.
128 mins
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Handmade in Africa
1/3 Keeping traditions alive
The artistic process of Africa's crafts - the kora, Dorze houses and Maasai jewellery.
29 mins
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Inside Cinema
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Mike Muncer explores the dark, uncanny world of filmmaker David Lynch.
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Culture in Quarantine
Filmed in Lockdown: Sign Night
Two deaf women separated by lockdown unite through sign language in poetic projection.
6 mins
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Bob Ross: The Happy Painter
Perms, painting and peace
25 years from his death, Bob Ross and his happy little trees still inspire millions.
61 mins
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Art of Persia
1/3 A remarkable trip around Iran’s rich, colourful past
Samira Ahmed unveils the stunning history of a Persian empire, its people and culture.
59 mins
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The Art of Japanese Life
Series 1: 1. Nature
James Fox explores the connections between Japanese culture and the natural environment.
59 mins
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Ted Hughes: Stronger Than Death
Documentary looking at how the life of Ted Hughes shaped his work as a poet.
89 mins
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Bunkers, Brutalism and Bloodymindedness:
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Jonathan Meades makes the case for 20th-century concrete Brutalist architecture.
59 mins
Available for 20 days
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Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
1/3 Legends and Pioneers
When art met activitism – a host of stars on the quest for inclusion on and off screen.
59 mins
Available for 9 months
History
African Renaissance: When Art Meets Power
1/3 Africa on its own terms
How Ethiopia, Senegal and Kenya are becoming Africa's 21st century cultural powerhouses.
59 mins
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Art of Persia
1/3 A remarkable trip around Iran’s rich, colourful past
Samira Ahmed unveils the stunning history of a Persian empire, its people and culture.
59 mins
Available for 10 months
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Civilisations
The epic story of the art that makes us human
Simon Schama looks at the pivotal role art has played in the forging of humanity itself.
59 mins
Available for 2 months
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A History of Art in Three Colours
3. White
How the colour white embodied the Enlightenment values of justice, equality and reason.
59 mins
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Lenny Henry: Young, Gifted and Black
His journey from working-class Dudley to one of our most celebrated black performers.
74 mins
Available for 4 months
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Keith Haring: Street Art Boy
The definitive story of international art sensation Keith Haring, told in his own words.
89 mins
Available for 10 months
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Whoever Heard of a Black Artist? Britain's Hidden Art History
59 mins
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Culture in Quarantine: Shakespeare
Macbeth
Christopher Eccleston and Niamh Cusack star in Shakespeare's dark psychological thriller.
123 mins
Available for 11 days
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Culture in Quarantine: Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet
Erica Whyman directs the RSC production of Shakespeare’s most famous story.
147 mins
Available for 11 days
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Royal Opera House: The Reopening
Back to life after lockdown
There’s no audience, but it’s still a beautiful backdrop to stunning performances.
89 mins
Available until Wed 12:50am
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Culture in Quarantine: Shakespeare
Othello
Iqbal Khan’s groundbreaking RSC production, the first to cast a black actor as Iago.
178 mins
Available for 11 days
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Unprecedented
The radical way our world has changed
Lennie James, Alison Steadman, James Norton and many more star in tales of lockdown.
28 mins
Available for 9 months
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Culture in Quarantine: Shakespeare
The Tempest
Shakespeare's late great masterpiece recorded at Shakespeare's Globe in 2013.
153 mins
Available until Sun 2:17pm
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Performance Live
The Way Out
Expect the unexpected - a surreal theatrical adventure through an old town hall at night.
42 mins
Available for 7 months
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Culture in Quarantine: Shakespeare
The Merchant of Venice
In the trading city of Venice, a broken contract leads to a stark ultimatum.
128 mins
Available for 11 days
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Culture in Quarantine
Exhibition Tours: 4. Tattoo: British Tattoo Art Revealed –
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From rebels to Royals, how tattooing made its mark on Britain
17 mins
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Exhibition Tours: 3. Ray Harryhausen: Titan of Cinema – The
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Exclusive preview of the special effects guru’s postponed exhibition in Edinburgh
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Museums in Quarantine
1/4 Warhol
Take a moment, escape from the confines of your own home, and immerse yourself in art.
29 mins
Available for 8 months
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Age of the Image
Series 1: 1. A New Reality
James Fox explores how the power of images has transformed the modern world.
59 mins
Available for 7 months
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Titian – Behind Closed Doors
A look at Titian's greatest masterpieces, currently in quarantine at the National Gallery.
57 mins
Available for 7 months
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Scandal & Beauty: Mark Gatiss on Aubrey Beardsley
59 mins
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Museums in Quarantine
Series 1: 3. Tate Britain
Dr James Fox makes the argument that, in difficult times, art is needed more than ever.
29 mins
Available for 8 months
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Museums in Quarantine
Series 1: 2. Rembrandt
Simon Schama tours the Young Rembrandt exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
29 mins
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Culture in Quarantine
Filmed in Lockdown: Where I Go (When I Can’t Be Where I Am)
A short film about love, isolation and living with chronic pain.
17 mins
Available for 11 months
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Culture in Quarantine
good dog: little dog, big dog
good dog explores the everyday injustices, people and places that make us who we are.
11 mins
Available for 10 months
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BalletBoyz
Deluxe: 1. Bradley 4:18
A BalletBoyz performance choreographed by Maxine Doyle and set to music by Cassie Kinoshi.
29 mins
Available until Tue 11pm
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Culture in Quarantine
Filmed in Lockdown: We Are Not The Virus
An uplifting spoken word film exploring isolation through Black and migrant perspectives.
4 mins
Available for 10 months
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Culture in Quarantine
Airlock: A Graphic Novel: 1. The Cosmonaut
200 miles above the Earth, Roza is trapped in her tiny, airless vessel.
8 mins
Available for 10 months
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Culture in Quarantine
Filmed in Lockdown: The Bold Fisherman
A reflection on the adaptable nature of the Hastings fishing fleet in light of Covid-19.
6 mins
Available for 11 months
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Culture in Quarantine
Filmed in Lockdown: Her & Her
A lyrical and musical story told using poetry and beatboxing.
13 mins
Available for 11 months
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Culture in Quarantine
Filmed in Lockdown: Sign Night
Two deaf women separated by lockdown unite through sign language in poetic projection.
6 mins
Available for 11 months
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