Examines the first half of Leonardo's life, from his birth near Florence to his famous achievements in the great cities of the Italian Renaissance. Studying his notebooks, and some of his most famous paintings and inventions, we discover there is far more to Leonardo than you may have thought.
For the second half of his biography, we find Leonardo in Venice. Here he experiments with his inventions - a diving suit and glider - which the team make and put to the test. We also see him mapmaking for the notorious Cesare Borgia.
Centred around Leonardo's greatest masterpiece – the most famous image in the history of art – the Mona Lisa. How and why has it become so famous? The third programme of the series investigates the identity of this elusive woman.