TV tonight: what history warns us about being on the brink of disaster

Could the British Museum’s artefacts hold answers for our problem-plagued society? Plus: behind the Glastonbury ticket scam scandal. Here’s what to watch this evening

9pm, BBC Two
As the world hurtles towards oblivion, what did the great civilisations that came before us do when on the brink of disaster? This four-part history-buff series gains access to the British Museum in London and top experts for answers. It starts with Rome, using artefacts to trace its downfall: from the eye-popping head of Augustus to a terracotta theatre mask that evoked a barbarian with a ponytail (“Romans don’t wear man buns”). Hollie Richardson