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1960s Utah: land speed milestones are made as Craig Breedlove and Art Arfons go head to head in a near-lethal contest that saw the 400, 500 and 600mph barriers broken. The dramatic showdown between the two land speed legends reveals a story of ingenuity, ambition and bravery.
International news.
Followed by Weather
3/4. The journey from light bulb to atomic bomb: Simon Schaffer reveals how the quest to understand what light really is had far-reaching and disturbing consequences. Concludes tomorrow at 8.30pm. BBCi: explore light through the night sky by pressing the red button on the handset
On the trail of Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein; taking in a trip from London to Switzerland to Oxfordshire and back, a tale of wife-swapping and new uses for an electric kite. Another episode tomorrow at 9.30pm
**** Wim Wenders directs this tribute to legendary bluesmen Blind Willie Johnson , Skip James and JB Lenoir , whose music was forged in the Depression, but still rings true.
Includes musical performances from Lou Reed , Bonnie Raitt and John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers. Piano Blues is tomorrow at 10pm
the story of how Texan farmer
Carroll Shelby took on the motor-racing might of Ferrari in the 1960s - and won
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