Art History acadmices Prof. Gill Perry and Dr. Kathleen Christian have been working as academic consultants for the BBC series Civilisations, which has been broadcasted every Thursday from 1st March at 9pm on BBC Two.

Presented by Simon Schama, Mary Beard and David Olusoga, Civilisations explores the visual culture of societies from around the globe, revealing alongside the magnificent objects made in the West the wealth of treasures created by other cultures, from the landscape scrolls of classical China and the sculpture of the Olmecs to African bronzes, Japanese prints and Mughal miniatures.

Read more about the series on the BBC's programmes pages or find out more about the related qualifications and free courses we offer here at The Open University.