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Season 1, Episode 19: Thomas Chatterton: The Myth of the Doomed Poet
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Michael Symmons Roberts explores the mythic afterlife of the 18th-century poet Thomas Chatterton, whose early death was immortalised by poets, painters and photographers.
All Episodes - Season 1
Episode 1
The Kimbolton Cabinet
Episode 2
The Art of the Vikings
Episode 3
Bolsover Castle
Episode 4
Walter Scott’s Castle
Episode 5
Stradivarius and Me
Episode 7
The Art of Witchcraft
Episode 8
The Hidden Jewels of the Cheapside Hoard
Episode 9
Tracey Emin on Louise Bourgeois - Women Without Secrets
Episode 10
Castiglione - Rogue Genius of the Baroque
Episode 11
Hogarth - One Man and His Pug
Episode 12
The Russian Revolutionary: Zaha Hadid on Kazimir Malevich
Episode 13
The Living Mountain: A Cairngorms Journey
Episode 14
In Search of Rory McEwen
Episode 15
Wondrous Obsessions: The Cabinet of Curiosities
Episode 16
The Private Life of a Dolls’ House
Episode 17
The Body Beautiful - Ancient Greeks, Good Looks and Glamour
Episode 18
Nina Simone and Me with Laura Mvula
Episode 19
Thomas Chatterton: The Myth of the Doomed Poet
Episode 20
The Art of the Impossible: MC Escher and Me
Episode 21
Jacobi on Garrick: Godfather of the British Stage
Episode 23
A Very British Pornographer: The Jack Kahane Story