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Culture in Quarantine
Bringing arts and culture into your home
Bitch
A short documentary delving into the appropriation of words and the empowerment of reclamation
New Creatives
Pubs On Film
Raising a glass to the boozer on the big screen
Inside Cinema
The Land and The Sea
An audiovisual poetry film showing the creative scope of Sign Language Poetry
Now & Next
More from BBC Arts
Why is Casablanca so very quotable?
“It has a life of its own”, said Ingrid Bergman
BBC ARTS
Can You Solve The Mystery Of The Boy In The Book?
A life changing journey begins with a Choose Your Own Adventure book
BBC Arts
The Man Who Died Many Times
Marking the 250th anniversary of the death of Thomas Chatterton, the romantic model for the suffering poet
BBC Arts
New Creatives
Blow Your Brains Out
An isolated man sneezes so hard his brains come out
NEW CREATIVES
This Camera Is Broken
An ageing director comes face to face with her younger self while shooting her final film
NEW CREATIVES
So Perfect It Frightens Me
A young boy becomes mesmerised by something peculiar on the edge of town
New Creatives
Inside Cinema
Cinema Jerks
What purpose does the suit-wearing, pompous jerk serve in the crowd pleasing popcorn flicks of Reagan era cinema?
Inside Cinema
The Dragon Lady
Who are the Dragon Ladies of cinema and how has this stereotype been subverted?
BBC Arts
The Rashomon Effect
What storytelling technique keeps cinema audiences guessing?
BBC Arts
BBC Proms 2020
Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason
The superstar siblings perform their first Prom together
BBC PROMS
Exploring Beethoven’s Seventh
The Aurora Orchestra perform Beethoven's Seventh Symphony - from memory!
BBC PROMS
Anoushka Shankar and Gold Panda
The sitar virtuoso performs in an evening dedicated to her father Ravi
BBC PROMS
Made in Lockdown
The Soothing Presence of Strangers
A meditation on loneliness, usefulness, and the place a bus route can have in our lives
CULTURE IN QUARANTINE
Home Carnival Queen
A beautiful exploration of UK carnival culture, from the lens of black women
Culture In Quarantine
Where I Go (When I Can't Be Where I Am)
A short film about love, isolation and living with chronic pain
Culture In Quarantine
Sounds of Silence
Soumik Datta captures the thoughts of instrumentalists and singers during the global crisis
Culture in Quarantine
Sign Night
Two deaf women separated by lockdown unite through sign language in poetic projection
Culture In Quarantine
A Birdsong Garden
A mix of memoir, natural history, folklore, birdsong and soundscapes from Geoff Sample
Culture in Quarantine
Performance: Culture in Quarantine
Dracula
The gothic legend is brought to life in a captivating blend of drama and dance
Northern Ballet
Here/Not Here
Deaf hip hop music drama exploring sign language, dance, football and Visual Vernacular (VV)
Artemisia Films for BSLBT
Body Map
Exploring community and connection through movement at this time of separation
Jasmin Vardimon
Get Creative at Home
Activities at Home
Downloadable activities for all the family
Wakefield Museums and Castles
Antony Gormley
An exclusive lockdown session led by the world-renowned artist from his home
BBC IPLAYER
Life Drawing Live!
Watch our special class and take part at home
BBC ARTS
Galleries, museums & archives: Culture in Quarantine
Flow
An exhibition exploring ideas and the need for creativity in uncertain times
Modern Art Oxford
Riddle 57
Turning a 1000 year old riddle from the Exeter Book into an animated encounter
Double Elephant Print Workshop
@ablackhistoryofart
Highlighting black artists and sitters overlooked in art history
ART UK
More Arts on BBC iPlayer
Africa Turns The Page: The Novels That Shaped A Continent
David Olusoga explores the incredible story of the African novel
BBC Four
Opera Mums with Bryony Kimmings
An operetta inspired by the lives of single mums
BBC FOUR
Soul America: Amazing Grace
The emergence of soul music from the world of gospel, and the rise of Motown
BBC Four
More Arts on BBC Sounds
The Empty Cases
Gary Younge explores the impact of the Black Lives Matter movement on curation at British museums
BBC Radio 4
Sound of Cinema: Olympians
In the absence of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Matthew Sweet offers film music inspiration
BBC Radio 3
Sketches: Stories of Art and People
Tales of legacy, and of living on through art
BBC Radio 4
BBC Arts on social media
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More arts across the BBC
Arena
The BBC's multi award-winning arts strand
Free Thinking
The ideas shaping our lives today - with artists and thinkers in debates and interviews
Front Row
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
imagine...
The arts series edited and presented by Alan Yentob
BBC Books
All of the BBC's coverage of the written word in one place
Get Creative
The UK's biggest celebration of creative participation
Inside Cinema
Short films taking you to the heart of the movies
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