Acting
Dec 31, 1954
Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England, UK
Mary Beard
Acting
Biography
Dame Winifred Mary Beard, DBE, FSA, FBA is an English scholar of Ancient Roman civilization. The New Yorker characterises her as "learned but accessible". Beard is Professor of Classics at the University of Cambridge, a fellow of Newnham College, and Royal Academy of Arts Professor of Ancient Literature.
Feature Films (8)
Inés sets out on a voyage of discovery around India in search of Ladyland, the Utopian land of women.
Sultana's Dream
With unique insights in epic locations and interpretations of ancient inscriptions and artefacts, Mary Beard uncovers the hidden world of the emperors of Rome.
Meet the Roman Emperor with Mary Beard
The volcanic eruption that ravaged Pompeii in year 79 is one of the most famous in history. It is known how its victims died, but how did they live? A new insight into the lives of the people who lived in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius before its cataclysmic eruption.
Pompeii: Life and Death in a Roman Town
Mary Beard is on a mission to uncover the real Julius Caesar, and to challenge public perception, exploring Caesar's surprising legacy.
Julius Caesar Revealed
What is true and what is false in the hideous stories spread about the controversial figure of the Roman emperor Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (12-41), nicknamed Caligula? Professor Mary Beard explains what is accurate and what is mythical in the historical accounts that portray him as an unbalanced despot. Was he a sadistic tyrant, as Roman historians have told, or perhaps the truth about him was manipulated because of political interests?
Caligula with Mary Beard
With unparalleled access to Pompeii and featuring cutting-edge modern technology, Mary Beard guides us through this amazing slice of the ancient world.
Pompeii: New Secrets Revealed with Mary Beard
An in-depth portrait of MANOLO BLAHNIK, self-confessed 'cobbler' and the man regarded by most influential fashion figures as 'the best shoe-maker of the 20th and 21st centuries. A film for anyone who has ever looked longingly at a pair of... 'Manolos'
Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards
First broadcast in cinemas, Pompeii Live transports you back to AD 79 to discover how life was transformed in just 24 hours, when these two cities in the Bay of Naples, southern Italy, were buried by a catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
Pompeii: Live from the British Museum
Television & Series (14)
In this four-part series classicist and historian, Professor Mary Beard draws on her immense scholarship, unique viewpoints and myth-busting approach to Roman history, to give her definitive take on the Roman Empire. How and why did it happen? In search of answers, she takes us to the most telling sites and the most revealing artifacts, and she examines the legacy the Roman Empire has left behind.
Mary Beard's Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit
Art that challenges, questions and appals. Professor Mary Beard confronts controversial works tackling such unsettling subjects that they’ve been fought over, removed or 'forbidden'.
Mary Beard's Forbidden Art
Mary Beard gives a personal and provocative take on the nude in Western art, from Ancient Greece to the present. Just why do artists and viewers seem so obsessed by nudity?
Mary Beard's Shock of the Nude
How does the art we consume reflect the times we live in? A topical look at the latest film, TV, music, books and theatre - through the eyes of their creators and their audiences.
Inside Culture
The follow-up to 'Twenty Twelve' as Ian Fletcher takes up the position of 'Head of Values' at the BBC. His task is to clarify, define, or re-define the core purpose of the BBC across all its functions and to position it confidently for the future, in particular for Licence Fee Renegotiation and Charter Renewal in 2016 and 2017 respectively.
