All Seasons

Season 1

  • S01E01 Who Are We Now?

    • January 8, 2025
    • BBC Two

    Simon Schama meets Sir Cliff Richard, Jarvis Cocker, Ali Smith and Frank Cottrell-Boyce in an effort to understand how artists, writers and performers have charted the huge changes in Britain.

  • S01E02 Whose Britain Is it Anyway?

    • January 15, 2025
    • BBC Two

    Simon Schama examines how artists and writers, ranging from James Bond creator Ian Fleming to two-tone band The Specials, have responded to the changing face of post-imperial Britain.

  • S01E03 Our Contested Land

    • January 22, 2025
    • BBC Two

    Simon Schama looks at artists who’ve explored why the landscape matters to people's sense of who they are. From Philip Larkin to Seamus Heaney and Derek Jarman. Featuring U2’s Bono.