SOURCE: Moore, Charles. “Can K Still Stand for Civilisation?” Spectator 271 (16 October 1993): 8.

In the following review, Moore proclaims Clark's 1969 BBC television series, Civilisation, to be rightfully popular even in its 1993 rerun;.however, the critic suggests the creation of such a program would not be possible in the 1990s, because the creators would be too concerned about remaining politically correct and representative of all members of the television audience.

Kenneth Clark's television series Civilisation is being repeated, but nothing like it could be made today. In his first programme, Clark contrasts an African mask with the head of the Apollo of the Belvedere, both of which, he says, have the qualities of a great work of art:

… I don't think there is any doubt that the Apollo embodies a higher state of civilisation than the mask. They both represent spirits, messengers from another world—that is to say, from a...