Dr James Fox tells the story of Paris in 1928, where talents like Magritte, Dali, Bunuel, Hemingway, Gershwin, Josephine Baker, Cole Porter and Le Corbusier flourished.
Dr James Fox tells the story of Paris in 1928. It was a city that attracted people dreaming of a better world after World War I. This was the year when the surrealists Magritte, Dali and Bunuel brought their bizarre new vision to the people, and when emigre writers and musicians such as Ernest Hemingway and George Gershwin came looking for inspiration.
Paris in 1928 was where black musicians and dancers like Josephine Baker found adulation, where Cole Porter took time off from partying to write Let's Do It, and where radical architect Le Corbusier planned a modernist utopia that involved pulling down much of Paris itself.
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The Bureau of Surrealist Research
Duration: 02:28
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Mondrian's studio
Duration: 01:45
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Cole Porter's first hit
Duration: 01:31
Music Played
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Cliff Martinez
Kick Your Teeth
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Nils Frahm
Keep
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | James Fox |
Executive Producer | Julian Birkett |
Series Producer | Helen Shariatmadari |
Director | Helen Shariatmadari |
Broadcasts
- Wed 27 Aug 2014 21:00
- Thu 28 Aug 2014 03:00
- Mon 1 Sep 2014 22:50
- Sat 31 Jan 2015 20:00
- Sun 1 Feb 2015 02:40
- Wed 4 Feb 2015 01:00
- Wed 23 Dec 2015 01:40
- Tue 18 Apr 2017 02:00
- Sun 17 Sep 2017 01:30
- Tue 5 Feb 2019 23:00
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