Northern Spain has produced some of the world’s most celebrated artists, including Picasso, Miró, Dalí—and Goya, who foreshadowed modern painting with his dark political consciousness. This program studies the artistic and social turmoil that engulfed Spain as the 20th century loomed, dawned, and rolled forward. Recounting Franco’s tyranny against free expression, the program looks at Spanish artists who continued to create provocative work, such as exiled film director Luis Buñuel, and those with more spiritual motives, exemplified by Antoni Gaudí’s uncanny structures. Today’s visionary Spanish artists and architects, such as the esteemed Santiago Calatrava, are also profiled. Contains some objectionable language and images. Original BBCW broadcast title: The Mystical North. (51 minutes)