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In this two-hour film, Waldemar Januszczak reveals what he believes is the meaning that has lain hidden for 500 years behind Michelangelo’s greatest masterpiece – the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel – in Rome.

It is one of the world’s most famous works of art. Millions of people visit it every year. But nobody has been able to explain exactly what the Sistine Ceiling is actually trying to tell us.

Januszczak has been studying Michelangelo’s masterpiece, trying to crack the pictorial code that conceals its startling meaning.

Now, at last, he believes he is ready to embark on a journey, taking him from Texas to Jerusalem, in the footsteps of Columbus and all around Italy, to solve the vital clues and reveal, for the first time, the crucial and worrying answers to one of the world's most enduring art mysteries.

You will be shocked. He was.

When to watch
Find out when Michaelangelo Code: Secrets of the Sistine Chapel is on TV

Related links
- Information on The Da Vinci Code