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  • 2018-01-11T21:00:00Zs at 2018-01-11T21:00:00Z on BBC Two
  • 2022-02-03T21:00:00Z
  • 42m
  • 1h 24m (2 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Documentary
Art that challenges, questions and appals. Professor Mary Beard confronts controversial works tackling such unsettling subjects that they’ve been fought over, removed or 'forbidden'.

2 episodes

Series Premiere

2022-02-03T21:00:00Z

1x01 Vile Bodies

Series Premiere

1x01 Vile Bodies

  • 2022-02-03T21:00:00Z42m

Mary Beard explores ways artists have shown 'forbidden' aspects of the human body – including scenes of sex, violence, death and even defecation - and interviews the artist Tracey Emin.

Season Finale

2022-02-10T21:00:00Z

1x02 To See or Not to See?

Season Finale

1x02 To See or Not to See?

  • 2022-02-10T21:00:00Z42m

Mary Beard interrogates how art and artists challenge viewers to confront ideas and opinions which, for all sorts of reasons, we would rather not face up to.

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