2014
Andrew Graham-Dixon undertakes an epic journey to uncover the art of China.
2024
Tracing Xi Jinping's defining moments, how he's exercising his power and the impact on China and relations with the U.S.
2019
Reggie discovers contemporary China, diving deep into four megacities in search of the new generations transforming their future.
1988
The people, places and stories making news in the British countryside.
2016
2015
In a unique experiment, five teachers from China take over the education of fifty teenagers in a Hampshire school to see whether the high-ranking Chinese education system can teach us a lesson.
2000
How did an Indian Buddhist shrine influence a Japanese pagoda? How are Italian pigs and cowry shells related to porcelain? Why did the ferocious warriors of Mongolia wear silk underwear? And how did wood block printing bring about a revolution in Japan and in European culture? These intriguing questions are investigated in Artifacts, a series that explores the origins and hidden connections among the art and artifacts of the great cultures and belief systems across Asia - on a journey through time and across continents from India to Thailand, China and Japan - to understand the impact of calligraphy, porcelain, architecture, metallurgy, wood block printing and silk on Asian history and on the history of the world in general.
