In 1966 BBC Television embarked on its most ambitious documentary series to date. The eminent art historian Lord Kenneth Clark was commissioned to write and present an epic examination of Wester European culture, defining what he considered to be the crucial phases of its development. 'Civilisation: A Personal View by Lord Clark' would be more than two years in the making, with filming in over 100 locations across 13 countries. The lavish series was hailed as a masterpiece when it was first transmitted in 1969. From the fall of the Roman Empire to the Industrial Revolution and beyond, Clark's compelling narrative is accompanied by breathtaking colour photography of Europe's greatest landmarks. This 'history of ideas as illustrated by art and music' remains the benchmark for the numerous programmes it inspired. Civilisation is the crowning achievement in the career of Lord Clark
Show Info
Network: BBC Two
(1969 -
1969)
Default Runtime: 50 minutes
Status: Ended
Show Type:
Documentary
Official site: www.bbc.co.uk
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Heroic Materialism
Episode 1x13; May 18, 1969
To conclude this landmark series, Kenneth Clark considers the ways in which the heroic materialism of the past hundred years has been linked to an equally remarkable increase in humanitarianism. The achievementof engineers and scientists such as Brun…
Previous Episodes
Episode Name | Airdate | Trailer |
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1x13: Heroic Materialism | May 18, 1969 | |
1x12: The Fallacies of Hope | May 11, 1969 | |
1x11: The Worship of Nature | May 4, 1969 |
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Also known as:
- A civilizáció, ahogyan Kenneth Clark látja ( Hungary)