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Art That Made Us
TV series / 2022

Art That Made Us

Episode directors Russell Barnes
Documentary

★ 5.5/10Audience rating

An alternative history of the British Isles, told through art. Looking at 1,500 years and eight dramatic turning points, acclaimed artists and thinkers encounter key historic art works from across the UK that have shaped the history of the British Isles and inspired their own work.

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An alternative history of the British Isles, told through art. Looking at 1,500 years and eight dramatic turning points, acclaimed artists and thinkers encounter key historic art works from across the UK that have shaped the history of the British Isles and inspired their own work.

Cast

David ThrelfallSelf - Narrator (voice) Murray PittockSelf - Bradley Professor James HawesSelf - Reader in Creative Writing John Gallagher Jr.Self - Associate Prof. of Early Modern History Mari GriffithSelf - Art Historian Jerry BrottonSelf - Prof. of Renaissance Studies Marion LoefflerSelf - Reader in Welsh History Jonathan JonesSelf - Arts Writer Clare LeesSelf - Prof. of Medieval Literature Maxine PeakeSelf - Actrice (Rules of the Game, Anne) Gus Casely-HayfordSelf - Director, V&A East Michael SheenSelf - Actor
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Glenn PattersonSelf - Writer Joanna StorySelf - Prof. of Medieval History Tim PestellSelf - Curator, Norwich Castle Museum Sean ParrySelf - Artist & Performer Heatther PulliamSelf - Senior Lecture, College of Art Cornella ParkerSelf - Artist Maria Dahvana HeadleySelf - Author and Translator Woodrow PhoenixSelf - Artist (Comics) Simon ArmitageSelf - Poet Laureate, Translated Pearl. 2016 Sarah MapleSelf - Artist Bobby MillsSelf - Prof. of Medieval Studies Jonathan SumptionSelf - Historian Shazia JagotSelf - Lecturer in Medieval and Global Literature Anna MorrisSelf - Writer, Actrice & Comedian Tom ChiversSelf - Writer & Producer Chris LevineSelf - Artist & Photographer Gabriele FinaldiSelf - Director, The National Gallery Marc QuinnSelf - Artist Maria FuscoSelf - Writer Brice DaviesSelf - Welsh Street Artist (Graffiti) Sarah BrownSelf - Director, The Yorrk Glaziers Trust Stephanie MerritSelf - Author & Journalist Gemma AllenSelf - Senior Lecture in Early Modern History Eleri LynnSelf - Fashion Historian Nandini DasSelf - Prof. of Early Modern Literature & Culture James MerrySelf - Artist (Mask & Clothing) Katherine ButlerSelf - Senior Lecture in Music Matthew BealeSelf - Chief Executive, ORA Singers Cathy ShrankSelf - Prof. of Tudor & Renaissance Literature David ForsythSelf - Interim Keeper, Art & Design, N.Museums.ScotL. Shaun LeaneSelf - Jewelry Designer Phoebe BoswellSelf - Artist Anton LesserSelf - Actor (Endeavour) Amanda LeveteSelf - Architect Tabitha BarberSelf - Curator of British Art 1500-1750 Tai Shan SchierenbergSelf - Artist, Art Painter Kieran O'ConnorSelf - Senior Lecturer of Archaeology Rita DuffySelf - Artist (Irish History) PlatonSelf - Photographer Hannah DawsonSelf - Senior Lecturer in the History of Political Thought Temi OdumosuSelf - Assistant Prof., Info. School Thomas J. PriceSelf - Artist (Sculptor) Judith HawleySelf - Prof. of 18th Century Literature Vic GatrellSelf - Emeritus Prof. of History Rebecca BurtonSelf - Ass. Curator Tom DevineSelf - Emeritus Prof. of History Kirsten Carter McKeeSelf - Teaching Fellow in Architectural History John MullanSelf - Prof. of English Literature Steward LeeSelf - Writer & Comedian Maggi HamblingSelf - Artist (Painter) Douglas GordonSelf - Artist Arthur TorringtonSelf - Founder, Equiano Society Ólafur EliassonSelf - Artist (Sculptor) Alison SmithSelf - Chief Curator N. Portrait Gallery Ruth LiveseySelf - Prof. of English Literature Fariha ShaikhSelf - Associate Prof. in Victorian Literature Christopher ParrySelf - Museum Community Officer Cyfarthfa Castle Patrick WrightSelf - Emeritus Prof. of Literature, History & Culture Ian ChristieSelf - Prof. of Film and Media Birkbeck, University of London Suzy Eddie IzzardSelf - Actrice, Comedian & Performer Dominic SandbrookSelf - Historian, Additional Crew & Writer Lesley SharpSelf - Actrice (Scott & Bailey) Kate O'FlynnSelf - Actrice BidishaSelf - Filmmaker & Journalist Graeme MacdonaldSelf - Prof. of English & Comparative Literature Studies Afua HirschSelf - Writer & broadcaster David BaddielSelf - Writer & Comedian A.N. WilsonSelf - Writer

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