Civilisations

1h1 SeasonNRTMDb 6.6

EnglishEnded

1 · Second Moment of Creation

2 · How Do We Look?

3 · God and Art

4 · Encounters

5 · Renaissances

6 · Paradise on Earth

7 · Color and Light

8 · The Cult of Progress

9 · What is Art Good For?

Crew and Cast

Liev Schreiber

Liev SchreiberNarrator

Simon Schama

Simon SchamaColumbia University

Mary Beard

Mary BeardPresenter

David Olusoga

Pablo Picasso

Antony Gormley

Antony GormleySculptor

Eduardo Matos Moctezuma

Edgar Heap of Birds

Salima Ikram

Storyline

The story of art from the dawn of human history to the present day—for the first time on a global scale. Inspired by Civilisation, Kenneth Clark’s acclaimed landmark 1969 series about Western art, this series broadens the canvas to reveal the role art and the creative imagination have played across multiple cultures and civilizations.

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Info

Status: Ended
First aired: 17 April 2018
Last aired: 3 July 2018
Rating: NR
TMDB score: 6.6 / 10 (19 votes)

Production

Studios: Nutopia, BBC, PBS
Countries: United Kingdom
Networks: BBC Two

Episodes

Seasons: 1
Episodes: 9
Runtime: 1h
Type: Miniseries
In production: No

Languages

Original: English
Spoken: Czech, English