The Art of Gothic: Britain's Midnight Hour

Andrew Graham-Dixon explores how a group of 19th-century architects and artists spurned the modern age and turned to Britain's medieval past to create iconic works and buildings.

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Status	Ended
Original Name	The Art of Gothic: Britain's Midnight Hour
First Air Date	October 20, 2014
Last Air Date	November 3, 2014
Seasons	1
Episodes	3
Episode Runtime	1h 0min
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Original Language	English
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Networks	BBC Four

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Blood for Sale: Gothic Goes Global

Gothic fantasy horror would be outstripped by real horror as the truth of mechanised warfare dawned on an innocent world in 1914. The language of Gothic would increasingly come to encapsulate the horrors of the 20th century - from Marx's analysis of 'vampiric' capitalism to Conrad's dark vision of imperialism and TS Eliot's image of The Wasteland, a Gothic narrative seemed to make more sense of the modern world more than any other.

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