Perspectives - Season 3

Perspectives - Season 3

Season 3

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DatesMar 18, 2013 - May 5, 2013
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Episodes

David Suchet: The Mystery of Agatha Christie
Season 3Episode 145 min

David Suchet: The Mystery of Agatha Christie

David Suchet finds out what gave Christie's stories worldwide appeal and why characters such as Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple captured the imagination of so many devotees.
Mar 18, 2013
Warwick Davis - The Seven Dwarfs of Auschwitz
Season 3Episode 245 min

Warwick Davis - The Seven Dwarfs of Auschwitz

Actor Warwick Davis explores the miraculous survival story of the Ovitz family - ten Jewish brothers and sisters from Romania, seven of whom were born with dwarfism. Their musical group The Lilliput Troupe toured Eastern Europe during the 1930s and 1940s, managing to elude Nazi persecution of Jews until 1944 when they were deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp. The family underwent horrific experiments but lived to see the liberation of Auschwitz, spending several months returning to their home on foot. Warwick heads to the small Transylvania village where the five sisters and two brothers were born, their incredible yet poignant story prompting him to reflect on his own experiences as a dwarf actor and entertainer.
Mar 24, 2013
Sheila Hancock - The Brilliant Bronte Sisters
Season 3Episode 345 min

Sheila Hancock - The Brilliant Bronte Sisters

Sheila Hancock sets out to discover what inspired the Bronte sisters to write such epic novels seemingly worlds apart from their own lives.
Mar 31, 2013
Michael Portillo on Picasso
Season 3Episode 445 min

Michael Portillo on Picasso

Former minister Michael Portillo examines the life and work of Pablo Picasso and reveals how his love of Picasso's art was influenced by his own father, a Spanish republican exile.
Apr 7, 2013
Paul O'Grady: Gypsy Rose Lee - the Queen of Burlesque
Season 3Episode 545 min

Paul O'Grady: Gypsy Rose Lee - the Queen of Burlesque

Paul O'Grady reveals the effect that a legendary striptease artist had on him as he explores the life of the queen of American burlesque, Gypsy Rose Lee.
Apr 14, 2013
Jonathan Ross: Alfred Hitchcock - Made in Britain
Season 3Episode 645 min

Jonathan Ross: Alfred Hitchcock - Made in Britain

Jonathan Ross examines the life and career of the most celebrated director in the history of cinema, Sir Alfred Hitchcock, in a quest for the British roots of his unique style.
Apr 21, 2013
Hugh Laurie - Copper Bottom Blues
Season 3Episode 745 min

Hugh Laurie - Copper Bottom Blues

Hugh Laurie makes a pilgrimage across America to explore the country's blues music, before playing a concert in homage to his musical hero, Professor Longhair.
May 5, 2013

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