Inside Culture With Mary Beard

BBC2, 7.30pm

She recently explored Forbidden Art, and now Beard (below) is taking on another big subject in the first of a new series. With the help of the former Prime Minister of Australia and the first black woman to serve as a minister in the British Cabinet, she asks how thousands of years of female stereotypes across the arts have shaped our perceptions of women in positions of power. ★★★★☆