Programmes / 2012
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By Presenter
- Alan Clark
- Alan Davies
- Alexei Sayle
- Andrew Graham-Dixon
- Chris Patten
- Dan Cruickshank
- David Starkey
- Deborah Davies
- Dr. Janina Ramirez
- Gus Casely-Hayford
- Howard Jacobson
- Janet Street-Porter
- Jon Snow
- Matt Collings
- Nick Cook
- Robert Hughes
- Sarah Simblet
- Simon Schama
- Simon Thurley
- Sir Roy Strong
- Terry Jones
- Vic Reeves
War-torn Bosnia in 1992. The city of Sarajevo is besieged and burning. Great art treasures are lost in the flames and only one library remains.
Amid bullets and bombs, a group of book-lovers risk their lives to rescue 10,067 irreplaceable Islamic manuscripts.
At stake is a nation’s history.
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Through this three part series Art Historian Dr Janina Ramirez tells the story of the Medieval monarchy as preserved through stunning illuminated manuscripts from the British Library’s Royal Manuscripts collection.
Dr Ramirez uses her in depth expert knowledge to explore the extraordinary art and...
