

TV series
Mary Beard's Shock of the Nude
2020–, English, on BBC Two.
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?
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 2
- Episode length
- Varies
- Status
- Still running
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Latest episode
S1 E2: Episode 2
Aired 10 February 2020
Seasons 1
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Details
- First aired
- 3 February 2020
- Network
- BBC Two
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Type
- Documentary
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Mary Beard's Shock of the Nude has 1 season and 2 episodes.
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