

Air Date
January 18, 2012
Episodes
3 episodes
Jonathan Meades On France
Season 1
Episodes

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.

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.

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.