15. The Flag That Failed

The problems in creating a Great Britain are encapsulated in designs for a common flag.

• 15 mins

16. A Time of Change, a Change of Time

A striking clock reveals the changing relationship Shakespeare's audiences had to time.

• 15 mins

17. Plague and the Playhouse

Early 17th-century proclamations reveal the impact of the 1603 plague outbreak.

• 15 mins

18. London Becomes Rome

Neil MacGregor surveys the triumphal arches created for James I's entry into London.

• 15 mins

19. The Theatres of Cruelty

A human eyeball in a silver setting gives a striking insight into the theatre of cruelty.

• 15 mins

20. Shakespeare Goes Global

How a folio of collected plays in 1623 began the creation of a global phenomenon.

• 15 mins