Join or Sign In
Sign in to customize your TV listings
By joining TV Guide, you agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy.
6 Episodes 2019 - 2019
Episode 1
39 mins
Mary Beard and her guests discuss the posthumous reputations of writers, musicians and artists, and ask whether we should honour or override their wishes when they die.
Episode 2
39 mins
As a new exhibition of work by Victorian artist and critic John Ruskin opens in London, Mary and her guests discuss whether we can ever agree on the meaning of beauty.
Episode 3
39 mins
Mary Beard and her panel of guests discuss whether size matters in our culture. Is monumental art how we make our mark on the world? Or is there something even more sublime in art on a smaller scale?
Episode 4
39 mins
Ahead of the 30th anniversary of the fatwa issued against Salman Rushdie following the publication of The Satanic Verses, Mary Beard and her guests discuss censorship.
Episode 5
40 mins
Mary Beard is in conversation with the acclaimed and bestselling writer of the His Dark Materials trilogy of books, Philip Pullman.
Episode 6
41 mins
Mary Beard and guests discuss what is "unsayable" in today's society. What does today's comedy say about our changing taboos? Has social media enhanced debate or debased it?