Season 1
- 1Beauty2 Apr 2008
- 2Death9 Apr 2008
- 3Paradise16 Apr 2008
- 4Disaster23 Apr 2008
- 5Connections30 Apr 2008
- 6Power7 May 2008
- 7Dreams14 May 2008
- 8Pleasure21 May 2008
Historian and writer Dan Cruickshank celebrates architecture as a creative force as he explores the world's greatest cities, buildings and monuments. In the first episode, Cruickshank explores how humanity has created beauty through architecture. He travels to Greenland to build an igloo, creating an architectural form that is under threat due to climate change. In China he scales the world's biggest Buddha and deciphers a temple in India rich with erotic images. He visits the Catherine Palace,…