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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Jonathan Meades takes a quixotic tour of Scotland, a country which has intrigued him since he first ...
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The Detonators was a reality series documentary that aired on the Discovery Channel. The program fea...
Rick Stein takes an epic culinary journey by sea, down rivers and overland to explore the Far East's...
Discover the remarkable ways animals of all shapes and sizes are adapting to make the most of opport...
Which of the great primates of 25 million years ago is our common ancestor? Is it pierolapithecus? F...
Documentary about the Occupation, as seen through the eyes of the occupiers. Five countries from the...