Perspectives Season 3 Episodes

Episode 1

David Suchet: The Mystery of Agatha Christie

57 mins

David Suchet, who has spent more of his life acting out the plots of Agatha Christie's work than anyone else in the world, takes a journey around Britain to get under the skin of the best-selling author of all time.

Episode 2

Warwick Davis: The Seven Dwarfs of Auschwitz

47 mins

The actor, Warwick Davis, presents the story of the Owicz family and their ordeal during WWII. From a successful musical act to being tortuously experimented on by Dr. Josef Mengele in a concentration camp. This story might have been lost to history if it weren't for the family's diminutive size, which made them both a novelty as well as an inspiration.

Episode 3

Sheila Hancock: The Brilliant Bronte Sisters

Sheila Hancock investigates the genius of the Bronte Sisters.

Episode 4

Michael Portillo: Portillo on Picasso

60 mins

Broadcaster, journalist and former government minister Michael Portillo shares his love for art as he travels to Spain and France to discover the genius of Picasso in this fourth programme of the Perspectives arts strand on ITV.

Episode 5

Paul O'Grady: Gypsy Rose Lee - The Queen of Burlesque

Episode 6

Jonathan Ross: Alfred Hitchcock - Made in Britain

TV host Jonathan Ross takes a look back at history to see how Alfred Hitchcock, one of Hollywood's most renown and recognizable filmmakers was actually "Made In Britain".

Episode 7

Hugh Laurie: Copper Bottom Blues

50 mins

Hugh Laurie hears joy, passion, love, even humor in blues. He is off on a journey with a bunch of musicians across America, from east coast to west, in honor of his hero Professor Longhair.