As a lead-up to next week's Scottish and Welsh elections, the history programme looks at the formation of the British union and its potential future. TV presenter and DJ Nicky Campbell puts the case for the Scottish, claiming that Britain's heritage and empire was founded and developed by individuals from north of the border. Campbell is joined by historian Linda Colley, and reveals how and why Great
Britain came into being and its next possible incarnation.
Presenter Mark Urban looks back at the last time Northern Ireland embraced self-rule, and what the disintegration of the 1974 deal for power-sharing meant for a generation in the province. And Welshman Ralph Steadman attempts to present a history of the Welsh language in three minutes.
Series editor Archie Baron Subtitled .