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Series 2: 6. Painting: The Great Renunciation Of The Buddha
At the V&A, a Buddhist painting is a mystery, children’s art goes on show, and Josiah Wedgwood’s masterpiece - the Portland Vase - is brought into the 21st century.
15-03-2024
BBC 4
Series 2: 5. Bags Inside Out/churchill Despatch Box
Behind the scenes at the V&A, Winston Churchill’s despatch box needs attention, it’s removal day for a 350-year-old doll’s house, and a famous painting by Cons ...
14-03-2024
BBC 4
Series 2: 4. Bacchus Vase / Minton
Conservator Susan is at the centre of an epic conservation project that will take 20 years to complete: conserving a unique set of Chinese paintings called The Ten Kings of Purg ...
13-03-2024
BBC 4
Series 2: 3. Alice In Wonderland
Curator Kate from the Theatre and Performance Department embarks on one of the Museum’s most ambitious exhibitions to date. Celebrating Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wond ...
08-03-2024
BBC 4
Series 2: 2. Epic Iran
As the V&A's Museum of Childhood in east London prepares to undergo a major refurbishment, its collection of over 30,000 toys and games must be packed away - including the museu ...
07-03-2024
BBC 4
Series 2: 1. Jacob Jordaens: Renaissance Watercolours
Inside every museum is a hidden world, and now cameras have been allowed back behind the scenes at the world-famous Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Although many of us hav ...
06-03-2024
BBC 4
Series 1: Episode 6
Inside every museum is a hidden world, and now, cameras have been allowed behind the scenes at the world-famous Victoria and Albert Museum in London. \n\nOnly a small part of th ...
23-10-2022
BBC 4
Series 1: Episode 5
Inside every museum is a hidden world, and now, for the first time, cameras have been allowed behind the scenes at the world-famous Victoria and Albert Museum in London.\n \nOnl ...
16-10-2022
BBC 4
Series 1: Episode 4
Inside every museum is a hidden world, and now, for the first time, cameras have been allowed behind the scenes at the world-famous Victoria and Albert Museum in London.\n\nOnly ...
09-10-2022
BBC 4
Series 1: Episode 3
Inside every museum is a hidden world, and now, cameras have been allowed behind the scenes at the world-famous Victoria and Albert Museum in London. \nOnly a small part of the ...
25-09-2022
BBC 4
Series 1: Episode 2
Behind the scenes at the Victoria and Albert Museum, priceless Raphael paintings give up their secrets. Keeper James gets hands-on with Beyonce’s ring and Queen Victoria&r ...
18-09-2022
BBC 4
Series 1: Episode 1
Inside every museum is a hidden world, and now, cameras have been allowed behind the scenes at the world-famous Victoria and Albert Museum in London. \nOnly a small part of the ...
11-09-2022
BBC 4
Series 3: Episode 6
Conservator Adriana is cleaning a beautiful sculpture thought to have been designed by the Renaissance master Donatello and produced in his workshop almost 600 years ago. Virgin ...
30-05-2022
BBC 4
Series 3: Episode 5
The spotlight falls on objects representing industry and design.\n\nCurator Martin is preparing for a new exhibition showcasing a leading postwar photographer, Maurice Broomfiel ...
23-05-2022
BBC 4
Series 3: Episode 4
The curators are searching for untold stories in the museum’s objects. Curator Christine is working on a major new exhibition highlighting African fashion, spanning coutur ...
16-05-2022
BBC 4
Series 3: Episode 3
Inside every museum is a hidden world, and now cameras are returning to the V&A, going behind the scenes to parts of the Victoria and Albert Museum never seen before. \n\nOnly a ...
09-05-2022
BBC 4
Series 3: Episode 2
Inside every museum is a hidden world, and now cameras are returning to the V&A, going behind the scenes to parts of the Victoria and Albert Museum never seen before. \n\nOnly a ...
02-05-2022
BBC 4
Series 3: Episode 1
Inside every museum is a hidden world, and now cameras are returning to the V&A, going behind the scenes to parts of the Victoria and Albert Museum never seen before.\n\nCurator ...
25-04-2022
BBC 4