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    Apr 23, 2020 2 minutes
    WORDS MATT ELTON

    Whether there’s a box-set you’ve always been meaning to start, or you’ve recently signed up for an on-demand service, the enforced domesticity brought about by the current pandemic offers the chance to catch up on a wealth of historical documentary and drama highlights.

    A trove of factual TV programming is available via BBC iPlayer, series. Mary Beard, David Olusoga and Simon Schama (right, top) are your guides to thousands of years of visual culture, ranging from ancient Mexico to 10th-century China and Renaissance Italy. And, if that’s not enough, you can also watch all 650 minutes of Kenneth Clark’s earlier groundbreaking , first broadcast in 1969.

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