Guilty Pleasures: The Story of Luxury BBC4
Written and Presented by Dr Michael Scott (Darwin College, Cambridge)
Episode 1: Luxury in Ancient Greece: Nothing in excess? Monday 27th June 9 pm
Episode 2: Luxury in Medieval world: Deadly Sin? Monday 4thJuly 9pm
The two part series traces our attitudes to luxury from ancient Greece to the present day.
The first episode also features Prof Paul Cartledge, Prof Lin Foxhall, Mr Nick Denyer and Dr Angeliki Kottaridi, Director of Excavations at Vergina.
Episode features Prof Michelle Brown, Prof Miri Rubin, Prof Paul Binski, Dr Helen Foxhall-Forbes and Prof Chris Woolgar.