Robert Hughes tackles the work and lives of three remarkable 20th-century architects: Albert Speer, Mies van der Rohe, and Antonio Gaudi - whose work did so much to shape the modern world. Hughes looks at how each one used space in different ways to express our response, respectively, to the power of religion (Gaudi), the power of the State (Speer), and the power of the corporation (Mies van der Rohe).

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First broadcast on October 2, 1989, these 18 original 30-minute episodes provide a panorama of 2000 ...

Scattered across the United States are abandoned structures, forgotten ruins of the past and monumen...

Across Quebec, André Robitaille meets with individuals, organizations, and businesses that have emba...

Documentary series investigating why some of the world's most advanced architectural achievements we...

Jonathan Meades takes a quixotic tour of Scotland, a country which has intrigued him since he first ...

This four-part history series looks at how Australia has been shaped by its many definitions of home...

These are some of the most spectacular examples of abandoned engineering the world has ever known. T...

The programme focuses on the British and the worldwide deaf community and covers a broad range of to...

Intrepid adventurer Michael Palin takes a journey through the Himalayas.

Michael Palin travels to 18 countries around the rim of the Pacific Ocean.

Michael Palin attempts to copy the exploits of fictional character Phileas Fogg, by trying to travel...

Michael Palin undertakes an epic journey of 23,000 miles, traveling from the North to the South Pole...

Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure is a 1999 BBC television documentary presented by Michael Palin....