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Dramatisation of E Nesbit's children's novel. Cyril wishes that the baby was grown up, and suddenly he is. The children try to stop him riding bicycles and romancing young ladies. Show more
A colourful nugget of pop mined from the BBC's archive, as Helen Shapiro performs Walking Back to Happiness.
Using the BBC film archives, Vanessa Collingridge explores how our view of Cleopatra has changed over the years, and how she has become lost amid myth, cliche and propaganda. Show more
Documentary following a group of primary schoolchildren over the course of a year as they learn to read. Some make a flying start, but others struggle even with the alphabet. Show more
The story of Britain revealed through its art and treasures. David Dimbleby travels through Britain, America and India, tracing the British Empire from 1750 to 1900. Show more
Series in which Bettany Hughes retraces the lives of great modern thinkers. She travels to Vienna on the trail of Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis. Show more
The true story of twin sisters from China, found as babies in a box in 2003 and adopted by two separate sets of parents - one from California, the other from a Norwegian village. Show more
Using the BBC film archives, Vanessa Collingridge explores how our view of Cleopatra has changed over the years, and how she has become lost amid myth, cliche and propaganda. Show more
How Bernard Lovell's telescope was used by both the Americans and the Russians to track their competing spacecraft and put Britain at the forefront of radio astronomy. Show more
Documentary following a group of primary schoolchildren over the course of a year as they learn to read. Some make a flying start, but others struggle even with the alphabet. Show more
