Featuring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Diana Vreeland, La Belle Epoque evokes "the beautiful era" of 1890-1914, a time in which the wealthy upper classes of the Western world gave themselves over to a life of elegance and taste-making, their eyes closed to the increasing social and political turmoil fermenting beneath the surface of polite society. The program uses period motion pictures, photographs, and sound recordings, as well as the arts and fashions of the period to supplement the spoken memories of the participating interviewees who actually lived... La Belle Epoque.

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Music documentary about Billo Frómeta by director Rafael Marziano Tinoco from Venezuela.

James May presents a celebration of the toys which have survived across the decades, including Mecca...

Mark Gatiss explores and celebrates Dracula, an icon of popular culture, asking just why we keep com...

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