All Seasons

Season 1

  • S01E01 Truth and Democracy

    • November 27, 2022

    Simon Schama explores how artists and writers have led the fight for truth and democracy in his lifetime, often at great personal cost.

  • S01E02 Equality

    • December 4, 2022

    Simon Schama explores how artists and writers have led the fight for equality, generating empathy and mobilising resistance against injustice. Featuring Margaret Atwood.

  • S01E03 The Price of Plenty

    • December 11, 2022

    Simon Schama examines how Charlie Chaplin and Ayn Rand created different visions of postwar America, while Rachel Carson drew attention to the destruction of the natural world.