Mary Beard: what is new BBC show Forbidden Art about, who is the classicist and why is she famous?

BBC documentary Forbidden Art will explore thought-provoking and sometimes controversial works of art

BBC Two - Mary Beard's Shock of the Nude, Series 1, Episode 1

Mary Beard - The Telegraph

We're not the first generation to wonder how genuine our leaders are': Mary Beard on politicians as performers, Classics

Mary Beard: I'm that eccentric old girl who talks about Romans

Mary Beard: 'I'm not controversial, I'm a resilient old thing who likes discussion', Celebrity News, Showbiz & TV

Mary Beard: Why a new understanding of 'civilisation' matters - BBC

Civilisations: Can the new TV show with Mary Beard save BBC Arts?

Mary Beard Bath - Topping & Company Booksellers of Bath, Edinburgh, Ely, and St Andrews

Mary Beard: I almost didn't feel such generic, violent misogyny was about me, Mary Beard

Mary Beard sits for naked portrait in new BBC programme, Mary Beard

Mary Beard's Forbidden Art, review: an adventure into the absurd and the downright disgusting

The week in TV: Pam & Tommy; Mary Beard's Forbidden Art; Station Eleven; Race & Medical Experiments: What's the Truth?, Drama

Mary Beard's Forbidden Art, review: an adventure into the absurd and the downright disgusting

Visions of Rome: An Interview with Mary Beard – Antigone

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Mary Beard: Heathrow apology over 'undies' experience at security

Mary Beard says Harry and Meghan are 'going too far

Famed historian Mary Beard says she 'might not be 100% straight

Mary beard cambridge hi-res stock photography and images - Alamy