Hugo Macgregor
Director
The Romantics and Us with Simon Schama (2020)
Season 1
From popular revolt to the obsession with the self, even to modern nationalism, Simon Schama explores the enduring and powerful legacy the Romantics have left on our modern world.
Released Sept. 11, 2020
Episode 59 min
None+
Genres: Documentary, History
Keywords: mdblist.imdb-tv-mini-series, imdb.tv-mini-series, imdb.historian, imdb.art-movement, imdb.art-history, imdb.painting, imdb.popular-culture + 2 more, mdblist.has-trailer, imdb.romanticism-as-subject
Production Companies: Oxford Film and Television
Network: BBC Two
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Passions of the People
In this episode, Simon explores how Romantic artists created the secular icons of the modern democratic age, whose power continues to inspire the passions of revolt to this day.
Sept. 11, 2020, midnight
S1E2 - The Chambers of the Mind
Simon explores how the romantics became the first intrepid explorers of dark recesses of the human mind, long before the modern psychological revolution. With contributions from Sir David Attenborough.
Sept. 18, 2020, midnight
S1E3 - Tribes
Simon Schama explores how the romantics created the secular cult of national belonging in their poetry, music and art, with enormous consequences for the modern world.
Sept. 25, 2020, midnight
Network: BBC Two
Episode Runtime: 59 min.
Season Runtime: 59 min.
Released: Sept. 11, 2020
Last Air Date: Sept. 25, 2020, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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