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Episode 1: Saving Mummies Under Sniper Fire and Ice Age Art

Viv Jones presents stories inspired by the first episode of the Civilisations series.

• 28 mins

Episode 2: Mary Beard, David Attenborough and Janina Ramirez

Mary Beard talks to Viv Jones about the making of Civilisations.

• 32 mins

Episode 3: Ansel Adams and Escapist Prison Landscapes

Viv Jones talks to artist Alyse Emdur and environmental writer Kenneth Brower

• 24 mins

Episode 4: Mary Beard, and Brian Dillon on Ruin Lust

Mary Beard on religion and art, and Brian Dillon on the attraction of ruined places

• 24 mins

Episode 5: Caravaggio

The tempestuous life and provocative paintings of Caravaggio

• 20 mins

Episode 6: How Civilisations Collapse and Understanding the Aztecs

Why do civilisations collapse? Plus the real history of the misunderstood Aztecs.

• 32 mins

Episode 7: Colourful Stories

Divine, bizarre and gruesome pigments, and the colourful life of a Paris paint dealer

• 23 mins

Episode 8: Matika Wilbur, Chip Colwell and Ernest House Jr.

Stories about people who are changing the way the world sees Native Americans

• 33 mins

Episode 9: Simon Schama

Simon Schama talks to Viv Jones about the making of Civilisations

• 27 mins

Episode 10: David Olusoga

David Olusoga talks to Viv Jones about the making of Civilisations

• 30 mins