With Kirsty Lang.
Followed by Weather
A revealing documentary following historian Robin Lane Fox as he travels from Oxford's dreamy spires to Morocco's dusty plains to shadow Oliver Stone as historical adviser on the set of the director's latest movie, Alexander. Every don has his day: page 25
The race to decipher Europe's oldest writing system, Linear B , and the role of Michael Ventris.
3/7. Humphrey foils Jim's fiscal plans. Repeated next Tuesday on BBC2.
How a ghost village came back from the dead.
Andrew Motion on the secret history of a Suffolk military establishment.