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19 Episodes 1987 - 1988
Episode 1
60 mins
Biography of Mexican painter and architect Diego Rivera, best known as a muralist, using such materials as gold leaf, fresco and mosaic. As well as reviving centuries-old techniques, he also embraces new ones such as polystyrene paint.
Episode 2
Episode 3
A look at the observations of writers from the Indian sub-continent on the British in Britain over the course of two hundred years.
Episode 4
Episode 5
Pulitzer prize-winning cartoonist and author Art Spiegelman discusses his graphic novel "Maus," which chronicles how his father survived the Holocaust. Also included a journey to Auschwitz, with his wife and art director Francoise Mouly-Spiegelman.

Episode 6
67 mins
Episode 7
Episode 8
A picture of Broadway -- the street itself -- from the Battery to Times Square to Uptown, mixing history and the then-contemporary 1980s scene.
Episode 9
Episode 10
98 mins
Episode 11
65 mins
Episode 12
Episode 13
Episode 14
Episode 15
52 mins
Episode 16
A brief history of the English thoroughbred racehorse, filmed principally in London, Newmarket, Epsom and Ascot.
Episode 17
Episode 18
Episode 19