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Writer:
Kenneth Clark (writer)
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Release Date:
23 February 1969 (UK) more
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Awards:
3 wins & 2 nominations more
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The best of its kind more (4 total)

Cast

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Kenneth Clark ... Narrator (13 episodes, 1969)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
50 min (13 episodes)
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Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more

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Narrator: Well, the founders of the American constitution, who were far from frivolous, thought fit to mention "the pursuit of happiness" as a proper aim for mankind, and if ever this aim has been given visible form, it's in rococo architecture - the pursuit of happiness and the pursuit of love. more
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Edited from Don Giovanni (1955/II) more
Soundtrack:
Worldes Blis more

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The best of its kind, 19 March 2006
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Author: gring0 from United Kingdom

Watching the series in China, it makes me all the more proud of my heritage. The last comment is a good one; let Clark introduce himself to you, just as one reads a Herodotus or Suetonius- to be in the presence of a knowledgeable and engaging friend. having visited many of the places shown, it's also a marked benefit that the series was filmed in 1969, when travel was truly the domain of those seeking enlightenment before our days of package tours. And how clear and lucid are his discussions of culture and history! Often I found myself anticipating his next sentence from my own classes I teach, but am left feeling pedantic and plebeian by comparison. Although the BBC continues to be a source of wonderment through its historical live-action recreation series such as Auschwitz, Pompeii and the Attenboroughs, this is truly of its time when there was no need for gimmicks or embellishment.

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