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Civilisations

2018 · 1 season

A thoughtful, visually rich journey through art history that invites you to look closely and reflect on human creativity across cultures.

Created by
Tim Niel
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Liev Schreiber, Simon Schama, Mary Beard
Overview
The story of art from the dawn of human history to the present day—for the first time on a global scale. Inspired by Civilisation, Kenneth Clark’s acclaimed landmark 1969 series about Western art, this series broadens the canvas to reveal the role art and the creative imagination have played across multiple cultures and civilizations.

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Created by
Tim Niel
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Liev Schreiber, Simon Schama, Mary Beard
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • art
  • identity
  • power
  • faith
  • memory
Places
None
Era
timeless
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
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Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism9
Romance1
Tension2
Darkness3
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Genres
documentary
Created by
Tim Niel
Written by
Simon Schama
Starring
Liev Schreiber, Simon Schama, Mary Beard, Wulf Hein, Pablo Picasso, Antony Gormley, David Olusoga, Kehinde Wiley
Length
1 seasons, 9 episodes, 60 min each
Network
BBC Two
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
Czech, English

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