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Three films in the strand. Ends 1am.
10.00 Brunel: Jeremy Clarkson extols the virtues of engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, best known for the construction of the Great Western Railway and Clifton suspension bridge.

11.00 Darwin: Andrew Marr celebrates Charles Darwin, who pioneered a new theory on evolution in The Origin of Species.

12 midnight Nelson: Historian Lucy Moore profiles Horatio Nelson, Britain's most dazzling and successful naval leader, who died a hero at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.

Contributors

Presenter (Brunel):
Jeremy Clarkson
Presenter (Darwin):
Andrew Marr
Presenter (Nelson):
Lucy Moore
Source: Radio Times

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