Episodes 6

1 Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train A Comin'

October 29, 2013

1h 30m

The story of how a shy, former private in the 101st Airborne - Jimi Hendrix - became the greatest rock guitarist of all time, using never-before-seen performance footage.

2 Edmund de Waal: Make Pots or Die

November 5, 2013

1h 15m

Documentary following bestselling author Edmund de Waal over the course of a remarkable year, as he exhibits his pottery work for the first time and researches his next book.

3 Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy

November 12, 2013

1h 30m

Alan Yentob looks at the unique role Jews have played in creating the modern American musical, from Porgy and Bess to West Side Story and Cabaret.

4 Turning the Art World Inside Out

November 19, 2013

1h 10m

Alan Yentob explores outsider art, examines why the oeuvre is only now being accepted by the art establishment and meets some visionary outside art creators and their enthusiasts.

5 Hitler, the Tiger and Me

November 26, 2013

1h 10m

Documentary telling the story of Judith Kerr, creator of well-loved children's books including Mog and The Tiger Who Came to Tea. Now 90, she revisits her childhood home of Berlin.

6 Who's Afraid of Machiavelli?

December 3, 2013

1h

Marking the 500th anniversary of Machiavelli's book The Prince, which has been a manual for tyrants from Napoleon to Stalin. Featuring performances from Peter Capaldi.

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