How to Get Ahead - At Renaissance Court

How to Get Ahead – At Renaissance Court

How to Get Ahead – At Renaissance Court: Writer, broadcaster and Newsnight arts correspondent Stephen Smith explores Renaissance Florence under the reign of Grand Duke Cosimo Medici. Cosimo’s fledgling court prized the finer things in life and some of the greatest painters, sculptors and craftsmen in world history came to serve the Grand Duke. But successful courtiers had to have brains as well as brawn. The canniest of them looked to theorists like Niccolo Machiavelli for underhand ways to get ahead, whilst enlightened polymaths turned their minds to the heavens, and to ice cream.       Florence, Italy was […]

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How to Get Ahead - At Medieval Court

How to Get Ahead – At Medieval Court

How to Get Ahead – At Medieval Court: Writer, broadcaster and Newsnight arts correspondent Stephen Smith looks back at the Medieval Age to find out what it took to get ahead at the court of Richard II. Richard presided over the first truly sophisticated and artistic court in England. Painters, sculptors, poets, tailors, weavers and builders flocked to court to make their fortunes. But these were dangerous times. Being close to Richard brought many a courtier to a sticky end. Featuring David Tennant and Clarissa Dickson Wright.       Richard II was the king of England from 1377 to

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MasterChef The Professionals 2022 episode 18

MasterChef The Professionals 2022 episode 18

MasterChef The Professionals 2022 episode 18: After six weeks of fierce competition, only the three best chefs remain. Tonight, they have the chance to cook themselves into the MasterChef history books as they battle it out for the final time in the most important cook-off of their career.       These three exceptional chefs, who have already cooked some outstanding, original and breathtaking plates of food to reach the final, face one last challenge: to cook the three most spectacular courses of their lives for the MasterChef judges. In three hours, they must bring together a starter, a main

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Mary Berry's Country House Secrets episode 4

Mary Berry’s Country House Secrets episode 4

Mary Berry’s Country House Secrets episode 4: Mary visits Goodwood House, home to the March family and a long line of innovators in the fields of sport and farming. Famous for iconic horse racing and motoring events, Mary Berry is taken on a thrilling lap of the Goodwood motor circuit by Lord March, in a car designed by his grandfather, and invited to one of his infamous dinner parties where 300 dine in style in the splendid state rooms.       But the family were not only innovators in sport, and Mary meets the octogenarian duchess and her daughter

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Simon Schama's History of Now episode 3

Simon Schama’s History of Now episode 3

Simon Schama’s History of Now episode 3: Simon Schama examines how Charlie Chaplin and Ayn Rand created different visions of postwar America, while Rachel Carson drew attention to the destruction of the natural world. After the Second World War, there were deep divisions in America about how to move forward. Should it be a social democracy, in which a benevolent state would look after its most vulnerable citizens? Or should it put its faith in individual enterprise and the free market to provide plenty for all?     Simon Schama examines how the filmmaker Charlie Chaplin and author Ayn Rand

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Gardening Australia episode 36 2022

Gardening Australia episode 36 2022

Gardening Australia episode 36 2022: Costa meets an inspiring young person who has translated his love for a local creek into a passion for bush revegetation and ecology. Josh demonstrates an easy way to propagate woody herb plants, keeping them fresh so you can enjoy them in your garden and kitchen all year round. Jerry meets a retired nursery-owning couple who have turned their attention and expertise to their stunning exotic and eclectic plant collection. Tammy shares solutions to some of the most common indoor plant problems—overwatering, fungal problems, pests, and more! Hannah protects fruit trees and we meet a

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Landward episode 25 2022

Landward episode 25 2022

Landward episode 25 2022: With the festive season fast approaching, Dougie visits a farm near Buchlyvie, in Stirlingshire, that has diversified from producing beef to growing Christmas trees. He lends a hand as people come along to cut their own trees. Elsewhere, Rosie is in Ullapool to help the community build this year’s creel Christmas tree, while Cammy visits young farmers taking part in the trial of an app that tracks low-level mental health.       Anne is near Strathdon to find out out how avian flu is affecting poultry farmers producing Christmas turkeys. Avian flu, also known as

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MasterChef The Professionals 2022 episode 17

MasterChef The Professionals 2022 episode 17

MasterChef The Professionals 2022 episode 17: Tonight, the competition intensifies as the last four chefs battle it out for a coveted place in the final. They face two demanding challenges, and their food will be scrutinised at every turn by the judges and the UK’s top food critics. Only the most exciting and brilliant three chefs will make it through to the all-important final cook-off. First, each finalist is asked to create a dish inspired by a place close to their heart. When you eat amazing food, you remember where you were, and now they must transport the judges through

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Smart Secrets of Great Paintings episode 10 - Wassily Kandinsky

Smart Secrets of Great Paintings episode 10 – Wassily Kandinsky

Smart Secrets of Great Paintings episode 10 – Wassily Kandinsky: The roots of “Colourful Life” (1907), just like those of Vassily Kandinsky himself, were firmly anchored in age-old Russian soil. And yet the painting contains all the elements that were to accompany the painter in the greatest revolution in the history of art: the leap into abstraction.This documentary examines Kandinsky’s rejection of Western thought and efforts to preserve Russian culture during modernization. He contracted typhus during a trip to study peasant life; his feverish hallucinations inspired the work that evokes a forgotten golden age sought after by Russian Symbolist painters

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Stalingrad: A Trilogy episode 3

Stalingrad: A Trilogy episode 3

Stalingrad: A Trilogy episode 3 – At the beginning of January 1943, the situation for the soldiers of the 6th Army was hopeless: completely exhausted, half starved and apathetic, the men lay in their positions in freezing temperatures. They can no longer defend themselves, the ammunition is almost gone. Then, on January 8, 1943, the Soviets offered the Sixth Army honorable terms of surrender. But Hitler forbids Paulus to give up the fight. The senseless death goes on.       “The Sixth Army has my word that everything possible will be done to save you. Adolf Hitler.” The radio

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Smart Secrets of Great Paintings episode 9 - Eugene Delacroix

Smart Secrets of Great Paintings episode 9 – Eugene Delacroix

Smart Secrets of Great Paintings episode 9 – Eugene Delacroix: As the war of colonization raged in Algeria, Eugene Delacroix was the first French artist to cross the Mediterranean. The naturalism of “Women of Algiers in Their Apartment,” painted in 1834, takes us into the calm and simplicity of a harem as Delacroix saw it with his own eyes. This documentary looks at his attempts to counter Orientalist fantasies of Middle Eastern women held by European society and discusses his admiration of Lord Byron. It also details his journey through Morocco and Algeria as part of a French diplomatic mission,

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MasterChef The Professionals 2022 episode 16

MasterChef The Professionals 2022 episode 16

MasterChef The Professionals 2022 episode 16: It’s Finals Week, and only the six most exceptional chefs are left standing. Tonight, six become four as they battle for the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to cook their food for a dining room full of culinary legends at the Chef’s Table. First, the contenders must cook off against each other in the MasterChef kitchen to prove they are worthy of cooking at this incredible event. They have one hour and 45 minutes to pull out all the stops and cook a dish that showcases their best culinary attributes and technical abilities. Each must draw on

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