Jonathan Meades On France
Jonathan Meades On France: Season 1

Air Date

January 18, 2012

Episodes

3 episodes

Jonathan Meades On France

Season 1

Episodes

Fragments of an Arbitrary Encyclopaedia

1. Fragments of an Arbitrary Encyclopaedia

January 18, 2012

Jonathan explains why Lorraine has become the symbolic heart of France and a stronghold of a romantic nationalism expressed by diverse means.

A Biased Anthology of Parisian Peripheries

2. A Biased Anthology of Parisian Peripheries

January 25, 2012

Jonathan inspects the Parisian palaces of tyrannical colonial dynasties and the village where the Ayatollah Khomeini lived in exile.

Just a Few Debts France Owes to America

3. Just a Few Debts France Owes to America

February 1, 2012

Jonathan looks at how the French delude themselves that they are indifferent towards the USA, despite huge evidence of cultural indebtedness.