Movies:
- 2018
The Genius of Leonardo Da Vinci (2018)
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Janina Ramirez explores the BBC archives to create a TV history of Leonardo Da Vinci, discovering what lies beneath the Mona Lisa and even how he acquired his anatomical knowledge....
- 2011
The Viking Sagas (2011)
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Dr Janina Ramirez travels across glaciers and through the lava fields of Iceland to find out about one of the most compelling of the great Viking stories - the Laxdaela Saga. This hour-long film explores how the unique literary achievements of the Sa...
- 2010
Treasures of the Anglo-Saxons (2010)
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In this hour-long documentary, Oxford academic Janina Ramirez tours the country in search of Anglo-Saxon art treasures. Her basic thesis - and it is a plausible one - is that we should not look upon their era as a "dark age" as compared, for example,...
- 2021
Women in Film: BBC Introducing Arts (2021)
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Cultural historian Janina Ramirez presents a collection of intriguing and exciting short films by emerging women directors and artists. Each film gives a female perspective on modern-day topics from body image and new love to grief and belonging. Exp...
- 2016
The Search for the Lost Manuscript: Julian of Norwich (2016)
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In this hour-long documentary, Dr Janina Ramirez tells the incredible story of a book hidden for centuries in the shadows of history, the first book ever written in English by a woman, Julian of Norwich, in 1373. Revelations of Divine Love dared to ...
- 2017
England's Reformation: Three Books That Changed a Nation (2017)
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To mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, Janina Ramirez tells the story of three books that defined this radical religious revolution in England....
- 2011
Britain's Most Fragile Treasure (2011)
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Historian Dr Janina Ramirez unlocks the secrets of a centuries-old masterpiece in glass. At 78 feet in height, the famous East Window at York Minster is the largest medieval stained-glass window in the country and it was the creative vision of a sing...
- 2012
Saxon Hoard: A Golden Discovery (2012)
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In 2009 metal-detecting enthusiast Terry Herbert discovered the largest collection of Anglo-Saxon treasure in the UK. Dan Snow travels across the old Kingdom of Mercia to unravel the secrets of the Staffordshire Hoard....
- 2014
Architects of the Divine: The First Gothic Age (2014)
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Medieval historian Dr Janina Ramirez looks back to a time when British craftsmen and their patrons created a new form of architecture. The art and architecture of France would dominate England for much of the medieval age. Yet British stonemasons and...
- 2014
Apples, Pears and Paint: How to Make a Still Life Painting (2014)
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The history of still life painting with oil paints...
- 2022
Female Filmmakers Too: BBC Introducing Arts (2022)
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Cultural historian Janina Ramirez presents a collection of intriguing and exciting short films by emerging female directors and artists. Each film gives a female perspective on modern-day topics from friendship and identity to freedom and belonging. ...
- 2020
Female Filmmakers: BBC Introducing Arts (2020)
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Janina Ramirez presents a set of short films by talented, emerging artists who use comedy, drama and dance to tell stories from a contemporary female perspective. A Flourishing Crown; Afro Hair Rituals; Being Better; Born to Flex; Justin, What Have ...
- 2019
Screengrabbed: BBC Introducing Arts (2019)
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Janina Ramirez presents a screengrab of inspiring, beautiful and urgent stories from emerging and established film-makers with their interpretations of life's big topics. A Fashion Show; Birdcage; Body to Body; Ffasiwn, The Film; Folk; Light Noise; ...