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What we're seeing: 'The Brits Who Built The Modern World' on BBC Four

February 13th, 2014

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BBC Four

Thursday 13th/ 20th/ 27th February: 21:00

House in Cornwall, 1966, by Team 4

The first episode of the BBC Four documentary series ‘The Brits Who Built The Modern World‘ airs tonight at 9pm.

The three-part series, which inspired the RIBA exhibition and programme of events, looks at how British architecture developed globally from the 1970s onwards. It concentrates on a group of British architects led by Richard Rogers, Norman Foster and Nicholas Grimshaw.

The first episode, The Freedom of the Future, looks at evolutionary projects from the 1960s and 70s.

For more information visit BBC Four.