Simon Schama’s Story of Us: Season 1 - 3 Episode s
1x1 - Who Are We Now?
January 8, 2025
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.
1x2 - Whose Britain Is it Anyway?
January 15, 2025
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.
1x3 - Our Contested Land
January 22, 2025
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.