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2.00 Wembley Stadium: Venue of Legends
An architectural history of English football's spiritual home, the world-famous stadium built for the British Empire Exhibition in 1923.

2.30 Passing Judgements
Exploring today's view of the ancient Roman Games as bloodthirsty and voyeuristic, with a look at their importance in Roman society.

3.00 The British Family: Sources and Myths
From a Roman tombstone to a 20th-century movie, how valuable is historical evidence in the study of the family?

3.30 The French Revolution: Impact and Sources
Historical evidence helps paint a vivid picture of events leading up to, during and after the Revolution.

4.00 Rousseau in Africa: Democracy in the Making
How the end of apartheid in South Africa reflects philosopher Jean Jacques Rousseau's theories on human nature.

4.30 The Passionate Statistician
How Florence Nightingale helped transform health care during the Crimean War.

5.00 Asthma and the Bean
How statistics were used to find the cause of mysterious outbreaks of asthma in Barcelona during the 1980s.

5.30 Caught In Time
How mathematicians have discovered previously unknown juggling patterns.

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