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5 Episodes 2020 - 2020
Episode 1
Mary Beard meets artist Jeremy Deller who is a Turner Prize winner and Oscar winning actress Vanessa Redgrave at Stonehenge.
Episode 2
Mary enters the glitzy world of awards and prizes. There are hundreds: not just for books and movies, but poetry, museums and gardens. How do they influence what art is created and what culture we consume? And has the pandemic helped us see beyond the glamour and red carpets and reassess what prizes are for? Mary talks to Emmy-nominated actor Brian Cox and Bernardine Evaristo, who last year shared the Booker Prize with Margaret Atwood.
Episode 3
Mary reunites two of the cast from classic 1970's BBC drama I, Claudius. She chats to Brian Blessed and Sian Phillips about their recollections from the renowned production.
Episode 4
Museums come into focus. Mary investigates what the post-lockdown future looks like for museums.
Episode 5
Steve McQueen chats to Mary about his early years in London. The award-winning filmmaker and Turner Prize winning artist also discusses Small Axe, his new BBC One anthology series.