Simon Schama's Story of Us
59min

Documentary

Art and culture define us - but in an age of change, who are we now? In divided times, Simon Schama asks whether art, music and words can be the threads that bind us together.

Episodes

Cast

1. Who Are We Now?

59min

8th Jan 2025

Simon Schama meets Sir Cliff Richard, Jarvis Cocker, Ali Smith and Frank Cottrell-Boyce in an effort to understand how artists, writers and performers have charted the huge changes in Britain.

2. Whose Britain Is It Anyway?

59min

15th Jan 2025

Simon Schama examines how artists and writers, ranging from James Bond creator Ian Fleming to two-tone band The Specials, have responded to the changing face of post-imperial Britain.

3. Our Contested Land

59min

22nd Jan 2025

Simon Schama looks at artists who've explored why the landscape matters to people's sense of who they are. From Philip Larkin to Seamus Heaney and Derek Jarman. Featuring U2's Bono.

Simon Schama's Story of Us
59min

Episodes

Cast

1. Who Are We Now?

2. Whose Britain Is It Anyway?

3. Our Contested Land

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Last air date

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Simon Schama's Story of Us 59min

Episodes

Cast

1. Who Are We Now?

2. Whose Britain Is It Anyway?

3. Our Contested Land

First air date

Last air date

Status

Type

Original language

Networks

Simon Schama's Story of Us
59min