Marvels of the Modern Age

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Marvels of the Modern Age
GenreDocumentary
Presented byDan Cruickshank
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes4
Production
Executive producerBasil Comely
Original release
NetworkBBC Two
Release9 May (2006-05-09) –
30 May 2006 (2006-05-30)
Related
Living with Modernism

Dan Cruickshank's Marvels of the Modern Age is a BBC documentary series in which Dan Cruickshank traces the roots of Modernism and focuses on the movement's leading lights, such as Le Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright, and the century's most seismic political events including the rise of Nazi Germany.

The series was first broadcast on BBC Two between 9 and 30 May 2006 to coincides with the exhibition Modernism: Designing a New World at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.