Art That Made Us

"Art That Made Us" delivers a fresh perspective on British history. Narrated by David Threlfall, this eight-part series takes viewers on a 1,500-year journey across eight turning points, using iconic artworks to tell an alternative story of a nation. Prominent artists and cultural historians examine literature, architecture, sculpture, and painting that emerged during times of crisis and change. The series documents the Roman withdrawal and explores how art responded to subsequent invasions. Its timeline progresses through the Black Death's impact on creativity, the theological strife of the Reformation, and the Civil War. It delves into the Georgian Era, the Industrial Revolution, World Wars across Europe, and the cultural revolution of the 1960s.

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  • 1 Season
  • 2022
  • Art Documentary
  • PG, TV-PG
Art That Made Us

"Art That Made Us" delivers a fresh perspective on British history. Narrated by David Threlfall, this eight-part series takes viewers on a 1,500-year journey across eight turning points, using iconic artworks to tell an alternative story of a nation. Prominent artists and cultural historians examine literature, architecture, sculpture, and painting that emerged during times of crisis and change. The series documents the Roman withdrawal and explores how art responded to subsequent invasions. Its timeline progresses through the Black Death's impact on creativity, the theological strife of the Reformation, and the Civil War. It delves into the Georgian Era, the Industrial Revolution, World Wars across Europe, and the cultural revolution of the 1960s.

Cast & Crew
(Director), David Threlfall (Narrator), Dominic Garfield (Pearl), Anna Morris (Wife of Bath), Robin Berry (Fair Field), Michael Oku (Fair Field), Natasha Langridge (Margery Kempe), Simon Haywood (Woodcarver), (Director), Alistair Petrie (William Cobbett), (Director), Jason Isaacs (Jonathan Swift), Alix Wilton Regan (Mary Wollstencraft), Andrew French (Olaudah Equiano), Tom Clarke (Beowulf), Michael Sheen (Y Gododdin), Sean Parry (Y Gododdin), (Director), Michelle Fairley (Easter, 1916), (Director), Adrian Scarborough (Philip Larkin), Adam Karim (Buddha Of Suburbia), Gavin John Wright (Trainspotting), Morfydd Clark (Foxe’s Book Of Martyrs), Zack Roberts (Young Elizabeth), Martins Imhangbe (Othello), (Director), Anton Lesser (Paradise Lost), Faye Castelow (The Rover), Flora Spencer-Longhurst (The Rover)
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