Civilisations (TV series)

Civilisations
Poster for the series
GenreDocumentary, Art history, History of art
Presented bySimon Schama, Mary Beard, David Olusoga
Opening themeTandis Jenhudson
ComposerTandis Jenhudson
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes9
Production
Executive producersDenys Blakeway, Michael Jackson, Mark Bell, Jonty Claypole
ProducersMelanie Fall, Ian MacMillan
Production locationGlobal
Running time60 minutes
Production companiesBBC, Nutopia
Original release
NetworkBBC Two
Release1 March 2018 (2018-03-01)
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Civilisations is a 2018 British art history television documentary series produced by the BBC in association with PBS as a follow-up to the original 1969 landmark series Civilisation by Kenneth Clark. Individual episodes are presented by Simon Schama, Mary Beard, and David Olusoga,[1] with music composed by Tandis Jenhudson.[2] The PBS release differs in several respects, including series narration by Liev Schreiber.[3]

  1. ^ "BBC — Civilisations: Masterworks of beauty and ingenuity". BBC. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Tandis Jenhudson: CIVILISATIONS (BBC/PBS)". Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  3. ^ Civilizations vs Civilisations, PBS Public Editor, 20 April 2018.