Mary Beard

Born: 1955-01-01

Dame Winifred Mary Beard, DBE, FSA, FBA is an English scholar of Ancient Roman civilization. The New Yorker characterises her as "learned but accessible". Beard is Professor of Classics at the University of Cambridge, a fellow of Newnham College, and Royal Academy of Arts Professor of Ancient Literature.


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Caligula with Mary Beard

as Self - Host
Released: 2013-07-29

What is true and what is false in the hideous stories spread about the controversial figure of...

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Pompeii: Life and Death in a Roman Town

as Herself - Presenter
Released: 2010-12-14

The volcanic eruption that ravaged Pompeii in year 79 is one of the most famous in history. It...

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Sultana's Dream

as Mary Beard (voice)
Released: 2023-11-17

Inés, a Spanish artist, lives in India and stumbles upon Sultana's Dream, a science fiction...

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Meet the Roman Emperor with Mary Beard

as Self - Presenter
Released: 2024-04-08

With unique insights in epic locations and interpretations of ancient inscriptions and...

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Julius Caesar Revealed

as Presenter
Released: 2018-02-12

Mary Beard is on a mission to uncover the real Julius Caesar, and to challenge public...

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Pompeii: New Secrets Revealed

as uncredited
Released: 2016-05-01

With unparalleled access to Pompeii and featuring cutting-edge modern technology, Mary Beard...

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W1A

as Self
First aired: 2014-03-19

The follow-up to 'Twenty Twelve' as Ian Fletcher takes up the position of 'Head of Values' at...

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Question Time

as Self - Panellist
First aired: 1979-09-25

This topical debate series based on Any Questions? typically features politicians from at least...

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Civilisations

as Presenter
First aired: 2018-03-01

The story of art from the dawn of human history to the present day—for the first time on a...

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Meet the Romans with Mary Beard

as Self - Presenter
First aired: 2012-04-17

Professor Mary Beard looks beyond the stories of emperors, armies, guts and gore to meet the...

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Mary Beard's Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit

as Self - Presenter
First aired: 2016-04-27

In this four-part series classicist and historian, Professor Mary Beard draws on her immense...

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Inside Culture

as Self - Presenter
First aired: 2020-09-24

How does the art we consume reflect the times we live in? A topical look at the latest film,...

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Mary Beard's Shock of the Nude

as Self - Presenter
First aired: 2020-02-03

Mary Beard gives a personal and provocative take on the nude in Western art, from Ancient Greece...

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Mary Beard's Forbidden Art

as uncredited
First aired: 2022-02-03

Art that challenges, questions and appals. Professor Mary Beard confronts controversial works...

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