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Wales's steam railways seemed lost forever with the Beeching cuts of the 1960s. This series celebrates their revival with archive film and memories of passengers and railwaymen. Show more
Dan Cruickshank returns to his childhood home of Warsaw to explore the memories of the city, which the Nazis razed to the ground in World War Two, and those of its people. Show more
A Storyville documentary: Human rights lawyer Philippe Sands travels across Europe with the sons of two former senior Nazi officers in this study of history and guilt. Show more
Writer and critic AN Wilson revisits the life and work of poet Philip Larkin. Featuring readings by Larkin himself, including The Whitsun Weddings, Arundel Tomb and Aubade. Show more
Comedian and history buff Al Murray is joined by Dan Snow, Natalie Haynes and Matthew Sweet for a fresh look at a subject very close to his heart - the great British war movie. Show more
The story of how film-makers turned the conquest of Himalayan peaks into great propaganda by Imperial Britain, Nazi Germany and superpower America from the 1920s to the 1960s. Show more
A look at how mankind's struggle with winter has been reflected in western art throughout the ages, with contributions from Grayson Perry, Will Self, Don McCullin and others. Show more
Dan Cruickshank returns to his childhood home of Warsaw to explore the memories of the city, which the Nazis razed to the ground in World War Two, and those of its people. Show more
