Documentary series in which Dan Cruickshank travels the world in search of man's greatest creations. In Calcutta, he tangles with a ten-armed naked goddess and is moved to passion in the Cave of Heavenly Maidens. Dan's on a journey of personal enlightenment and finds the key to the cosmos in the city of Jaipur, worships at the Temple of the Tooth, is blessed by an elephant and ends up in the world's greatest shrine to love, the Taj Mahal.
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Series 1 Shorts: 3. Mali - Dogon Art
Dan Cruickshank visits the Dogon people and sees some masks and wall paintings.
31-07-2024
BBC 4
Series 1 Shorts: 2. Ethiopia - Ark Of The Covenant
Dan Cruickshank visits Ethiopia in search of the Ark of the Covenant.
24-07-2024
BBC 4
Series 1 Shorts: 1. Japan - Samurai Sword
Dan is captivated by the sword of a Samurai warrior and the artistry employed to make this beautiful instrument of death. By contrast, he finds solace and tranquillity in a Japa ...
17-07-2024
BBC 4
Series 1: 10. Homeward Bound
At last, the end is in sight, and Dan's circumnavigation of the globe almost complete. But first there are some of the most brilliant treasures of all to enjoy. Venice, Florence ...
09-03-2023
BBC 4
Series 1: 9. Turkey To Germany
In the penultimate stage of Dan Cruickshank’s gargantuan journey around the world, we find the intrepid explorer floating above Turkey in a hot air balloon! Below lie mile ...
23-02-2023
BBC 4
Series 1: 8. Mali To Egypt
Dan Cruickshank’s journey around the world reaches new heights of discomfort in the heat and dust of the desert. He takes in the astonishing cave paintings of the Dogon tr ...
16-02-2023
BBC 4
Series 1: 7. Jordan To Ethiopia
Dan Cruickshank goes in search of the Ark of the Covenant – the legendary great gold box that held the original Ten Commandments handed down to man by God. His journey tak ...
02-02-2023
BBC 4
Series 1: 6. Uzbekistan To Syria
Documentary series in which Dan Cruickshank travels the world in search of man's greatest creations.\n\nDan hits some of the most mysterious and secret countries in the world, w ...
26-01-2023
BBC 4
Series 1: 5. India To Sri Lanka
Documentary series in which Dan Cruickshank travels the world in search of man's greatest creations. In Calcutta, he tangles with a ten-armed naked goddess and is moved to passi ...
19-01-2023
BBC 4
Series 1: 4. Japan To China
The ancient and the modern clash deliciously in Japan while the Terracotta army and the Great Wall of China boast the brilliance of ancient imperial China – Dan Cruickshan ...
12-01-2023
BBC 4
Series 1: 8. Mali To Egypt
Dan Cruickshank’s journey around the world reaches new heights of discomfort in the heat and dust of the desert. He takes in the astonishing cave paintings of the Dogon tr ...
16-02-2023
BBC 4
Series 1: 3. Australia To Cambodia
Giant termite mounds, edible juicy ants and erotic cave paintings are the treasures Dan Cruickshank unearths in the outback. In Dan's view, even the brilliance of Sydney Harbour ...
08-12-2022
BBC 4
Series 1 Shorts: 3. Mali - Dogon Art
Dan Cruickshank visits the Dogon people and sees some masks and wall paintings.
31-07-2024
BBC 4
Series 1 Shorts: 1. Japan - Samurai Sword
Dan is captivated by the sword of a Samurai warrior and the artistry employed to make this beautiful instrument of death. By contrast, he finds solace and tranquillity in a Japa ...
17-07-2024
BBC 4
Series 1: 10. Homeward Bound
At last, the end is in sight, and Dan's circumnavigation of the globe almost complete. But first there are some of the most brilliant treasures of all to enjoy. Venice, Florence ...
09-03-2023
BBC 4
Series 1: 7. Jordan To Ethiopia
Dan Cruickshank goes in search of the Ark of the Covenant – the legendary great gold box that held the original Ten Commandments handed down to man by God. His journey tak ...
02-02-2023
BBC 4
Series 1: 2. Mexico To America
In episode two of Dan Cruickshank's global journey to find the top 80 man-made treasures in history, we travel from the mysteries of ancient Mayan tombs to that great symbol of ...
06-12-2022
BBC 4
Series 1: 1. Peru To Brazil
Dan Cruickshank sets out on television's most ambitious treasure hunt ever – to reveal the most beautiful and precious things made by man since the dawn of time. \n\nFilme ...
17-11-2022
BBC 4
Series 1: 6. Uzbekistan To Syria
Documentary series in which Dan Cruickshank travels the world in search of man's greatest creations.\n\nDan hits some of the most mysterious and secret countries in the world, w ...
26-01-2023
BBC 4
Series 1: 9. Turkey To Germany
In the penultimate stage of Dan Cruickshank’s gargantuan journey around the world, we find the intrepid explorer floating above Turkey in a hot air balloon! Below lie mile ...
23-02-2023
BBC 4