List of episodes of the series «Art That Made Us»

Lights in the Darkness

• Episode number: 1
• Episode duration: 58 min.
• Episode description:
  Episode one immerses us in the turbulent era that followed the Roman occupation of Britain. After the Romans leave, waves of invasion reshape the Isles and their cultures: from glittering jewellery to carved stones to intricate manuscripts. Battles over identity and faith play out in art and culminate in the rise of a new vernacular language.

Revolution of the Dead

• Episode number: 2
• Episode duration: 59 min.
• Episode description:
  Episode two traces an alternative history of the Black Death of the Middle Ages. From the chaos of the Black Death comes creative renewal; survivors finding their voice through satire and a revived literature in English, including breakthrough works by women, and through new craft in cathedral building and stained glass.

Queens, Feuds and Faith

• Episode number: 3
• Episode duration: 59 min.
• Episode description:
  Episode three looks at the story of the 16th century religious revolution, as England and other parts of the British Isles turned to Protestantism.

To Kill a King

• Episode number: 4
• Episode duration: 58 min.
• Episode description:
  A splintering of politics and religion in the British Isles under the Stuart kings leads to more questioning art, new science and architecture.

Consumers and Conscience

• Episode number: 5
• Episode duration: 58 min.
• Episode description:
  In the 18th century, trade and conquest funds an explosion of creativity, and art stirs a growing social conscience.

Rise of the Cities

• Episode number: 6
• Episode duration: 58 min.
• Episode description:
  With the industrial revolution transforming the British Isles, cities and country are divided and artists respond to the upheaval to lives and the landscape.

Wars and Peace

• Episode number: 7
• Episode duration: 59 min.
• Episode description:
  The world wars force artists to grapple with destruction and savagery, challenging conventions and the old imperial order, while those fleeing war bring new ideas to Britain.

Brilliant Isles

• Episode number: 8
• Episode duration: 59 min.
• Episode description:
  In the final episode of the series, an explosion of new voices from across the British Isles reinvents the arts, creating a richer, more diverse culture.