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  • 2020-09-11T20:00:00Z on BBC Two
  • 59m
  • 2h 57m (3 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Documentary
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.

3 episodes

Series Premiere

2020-09-11T20:00:00Z

1x01 Passions of the People

Series Premiere

1x01 Passions of the People

  • 2020-09-11T20:00:00Z59m

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.

2020-09-18T20:00:00Z

1x02 The Chambers of the Mind

1x02 The Chambers of the Mind

  • 2020-09-18T20:00:00Z59m

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.

2020-09-25T20:00:00Z

1x03 Tribes

1x03 Tribes

  • 2020-09-25T20:00:00Z59m

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.

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