Centurions
Series chronicling the 100 greatest artworks of the century
Centurions - Albert Camus: The Outsider
Ray Davison and Oliver Todd discuss the impact of the author's pioneering novel on post-war European thought and literature.
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Centurions - Alfred Hitchcock - Rear Window
Biographer John Russell Taylor, and composer Neil Brand celebrate one of the influential film director's personal favourites.
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Centurions - André Gide
Alan Sheridan and Patrick Pollard discuss André Gide, France's favourite rebel, his life and his book Fruits of the Earth.
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Centurions - Anna Akhmatova - Requiem
Writer Zinovy Zinik, poet Sarah Maguire and friend Tania Litvinova discuss the leading Russian poet of her time.
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Centurions - Anton Chekhov: The Cherry Orchard
Anton Chekhov and his play The Cherry Orchard are discussed by Michael Frayn, Janet Suzman and Donald Rayfield.
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Centurions - Arthur Miller - Death of a Salesman
Professor Christopher Bigsby and director David Thacker discuss the American dramatist's Pulitzer Prize winning classic.
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Centurions - Barbara Hepworth: The Sculpture Garden
'You can hear Barbara breathing in her garden at St. Ives' - the life and work of the British sculptor who died in 1975.
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Centurions - Bernard Leach - Dish, Slipware Dish and Jam
Famed for his lumpy styling, Edmund de Waal, Rosemary Hill and Christopher Cook discuss the legacy of the controversial potter.
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Centurions - Buster Keaton - The General
Film historian David Robinson and writer David Thomson celebrate the film star and his movie machine.
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Centurions - Cartier-Bresson - The Decisive Moment
'Half-way between a tightrope walker and a pickpocket'. A celebration of the photographer who united art and documentary.
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Centurions - Chinua Achebe
Alastair Niven and Nana Wilson-Tagoe discuss Chinua Achebe and his capacity to portray corruption whilst offering seeds of hope.
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Centurions - Damien Hirst
Love him or loath him, he has, in a very real sense, put animals in formaldehyde.
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Centurions - Ezra Pound - The Cantos
The man himself supported Fascism, while Ezra's Cantos are considered to be amongst 20th century English poetry's greatest achievements.
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Centurions - Francis Bacon - Innocent Screams
Richard Cork, Margaret Walters and Michael Peppiatt explore the impact of the artist's 1953 study after Velazquez's portrait.
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Centurions - Frank Lloyd Wright: Falling on Water
Dejan Sudji assesses the work and philosophy of the great American architect, with particular emphasis on his famous house.
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Centurions - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Professor Jason Wilson and Patrick Kane discuss the imaginative Latin American novelist's One Hundred Years of Solitude.
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Centurions - Guillaume Apollinaire
Michele Roberts and Andrew Rothwell discuss the 19th century poetry written by one of the great figures of French Modernism.
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Centurions - Gunter Grass - The Tin Drum
Michael Minden and Alan Bance discuss the famous German post-war novel about the life of Oskar Matzerath - published in 1961.
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Centurions - Henry Moore - Atom Piece
A portrait of Henry Moore, who was inspired to become a sculptor after hearing a talk on Michelangelo at Sunday School.
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Centurions - Ingmar Bergman - The Seventh Seal
Philip French and Melvyn Bragg reassess the impact of the Swedish director's 1957 film about a disillusioned medieval knight.
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Centurions - Jackson Pollock - Autumn Rhythm
Norbert Lynton, Irving Sandler and David Ross discuss the wild man of abstract art, who sparked an American painting revolution.
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Centurions - Jean Genet - The Balcony
George Melly and Terry Hands discuss the unconventional French writer's shocking examination of power and sleaze.
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Centurions - Jean-Luc Godard - A Bout de Souffle
The film seen as the greatest work of French New Wave cinema is discussed by Jinette Vincendeau, Colin MacCabe and Mike Leigh.
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Centurions - Jean Renior - La Grande Illusion
A powerful condemnation of war and banned in Germany, a copy of the film, thought a masterpiece, was found in Munich in 1945.
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Centurions - Jean Renoir - La Grande Illusion
Ian Christie, Ginette Vincendeau and Ronald Bergan discuss the French film director's powerful 1937 condemnation of war.
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Centurions - John Steinbeck - The Grapes of Wrath
The 1930s American depression provided much inspiration for US writers. It led to Steinbeck's epic work of protest fiction.
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Centurions - Jorge Luis Borges - Fictions
AS Byatt and Alberto Manguel discuss the Argentinian's 1941 book of short stories and its impact on 20th century literature.
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Centurions - Joseph Conrad - Heart of Darkness
Owen Knowles, Dr Robert Hampson and John Milius discuss the paradox and moral ambiguity in this novel.
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Centurions - Kandinsky - Composition IV
As a pioneer of the abstract style, Vassily Kandinsky was one of the most influential artists of the century.
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Centurions - Konstantin Stanislavski
The co-founder of the Moscow Art Theatre and director of Chekhov's masterpiece 'The Three Sisters' is discussed.
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Centurions - Lucie Rie - Bowl
Sir David Attenborough, Gail Robinson and Emmanuel Cooper celebrate the experimental and distinctive work of the ceramicist.
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Centurions - Luis Bunuel - Belle De Jour
Beautiful cinema, shocking images - David Thomson and Ginette Vincendeau celebrate the Spanish director's classic fantasy film.
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Centurions - Marcel Proust - A La Recherche du Temps Perdu
The seminal book that launched a thousand memories of sponge cakes. Edmund White, John Sturrock and Alain de Botton discuss.
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Centurions - Marcel Proust - A La Recherche du Temps Perdu
The book that launched a thousand memories of sponge cakes, discussed by Edmund White, John Sturrock and Alain de Botton.
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Centurions - Mark Rothko:Light Red Over Black
George Segal and Richard Cook discuss how much of the artist's troubled life influenced his colourful creation of rectangles.
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Centurions - Martha Graham - Appalachian Spring
The Graham dancers and Judith Mackrell discuss the 1944 dance which captured the pioneering spirit of the previous century.
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Centurions - Matisse - The Red Studio
Patrick Heron, AS Byatt and Jack Flam discuss the making of Matisse's 1911 painting, Red Studio, and its enduring significance.
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Centurions - Mies van der Rohe - Seagram Tower
Penny Spark and Deyan Sudjic reflect on the work of one of the most influential architects of the century.
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Centurions - Orson Welles: Citizen Kane
Peter Bogdanovich, David Thomson and Jonathan Rosenbaum discuss Welles' masterpiece Citizen Kane.
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Centurions - Orson Welles, Citizen Kane
Peter Bogdanovich, David Thompson and Jonathan Rosenbaum discuss Orson Welles and his masterpiece.
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Centurions - Piet Mondrian - Composition with Red, Black, Blue and Yellow
The Dutch Artist's pioneering abstract work of 1921 is discussed by Anna Moszynska and David Batchelor.
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Centurions - Rabindranath Tagore - Broken Song
Tagore is one of India's leading figures of the century. William Radice and Jatinder Verma discuss his famous poem.
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Centurions - Richard Rogers: Pompidou Centre
Hilary French and Deyan Sudjic assess the impact of this world-renowned British architect and the famous Parisian landmark.
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Centurions - Salvador Dali: The Burning Giraffe, 1936-7
Richard Cork and Dawn Ades discuss the eccentric master of surrealism - and the political and personal symbolism of his work.
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Centurions - Satyajit Ray: Pather Panchali
Ismail Merchant, Andrew Robinson, Lalip Mohan Joshi and Pamela Cullen discuss the renowned Indian film director's debut.
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Centurions - Satyajit Ray: Pather Panchali
Pather Panchali, a major work of cinematic brilliance from India, comes under scrutiny.
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Centurions - Toni Morrison - Beloved
Helen Taylor and Davis Dabydeen discuss the extraordinary achievements of Toni Morrison and her exceptional novel Beloved.
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Centurions - Vassili Nijinsky - The Rite of Spring
Lynn Garafola, Sir John Drummond and Simon Barnes discuss Nijinsky's contribution to 20th century dance.
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Centurions - WH Auden - In Memory of WB Yeats
Stan Smith and Blake Morrison discuss the importance of the unfashionable poet and his lingering influence on others.
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Centurions - Yasujiro Ozu - Tokyo Story
Kyoko Hirano, Tony Rayns and Christopher Cook discuss the director's 1953 seminal example of Japanese cinema.
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