BBC: Paris (2007)

Art historian and passionate Parisian Sandrine Voillet uncovers some of the hidden
delights of Paris in a new series for BBC Two exploring the history beauty and bohemian
soul of one of the world s most romantic and mysterious cities.
Paris, a co-production between The Open University and BBC Two, uncovers the city
through the eyes, heart and mind of Sandrine Voillet.

With the help of her friends and various locals including fashion designer Christian Lacroix,
actress Jane Birkin and Olivier Picasso, Sandrine guides us through 800 years of Paris` past,
celebrating the art, literature, music, films, design and architecture that have helped create
the spectacular `City of Lights`.

Fusing cultural history, travel and contemporary life, the three-part series features tales of
the lavish court of the Sun King Louis XIV and the sexual decadence of revolutionary Paris*
the crazy early 1900s immortalised by the notorious Moulin Rouge and Folies Bergore to the
jazz explosion of the Thirties and the heyday of Sixties hedonism, which inspired the film,
music and literature of the time.

Sandrine introduces us to a cast of extraordinary characters who have lived in and been
inspired by the city Marquise de Sevigne, Marquis de Sade, Voltaire, Denis Diderot, Honore
Daumier, Auguste Rodin, Pablo Picasso, and Josephine Baker, among many others
City of Dreams
City of Dreams
How Paris went from site of the French revolution to the world`s first great modern city.

Blood and Chocolate
Art historian Sandrine Voillet meets the current trend-setters.

Bohemian Rhapsody
How the city embraced technology, counter-culture and immigration.

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