In a very special film for BBC Two, Professor Mary Beard meets former US Secretary of State, First Lady, senator and presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton.

In a wide-ranging discussion, Mary asks Secretary Clinton about women and power and her long career at the heart of American politics. But as well as politics, she delves into Clinton’s cultural career as a best-selling writer and television producer. She asks Secretary Clinton about the culture that has inspired, sustained or challenged her throughout her life, the surprising role that the arts can play in politics and in the lives of political leaders – and what’s on her bookshelf right now.