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In Search of Medieval Britain

In Search of Medieval Britain: Episode 5: Scotland

Episode 5

Episode 5: Scotland

Scotland

BBC Four - In Search of Medieval Britain, Scotland

Alixe Bovey explores medieval Scotland, a nation so young it still had no capital.

Alixe Bovey recreates journeys through medieval Britain. She explores Scotland, a nation so young it still had no capital and where gangsters terrorised its border lands.

Medieval art historian, Dr Alixe Bovey, uses the oldest surviving route map of Britain to make a series of journeys through Britain in the Middle Ages. She explores the most mysterious region on the whole map - Scotland, a nation so young it still had no capital, where wolves reigned over its highland wilderness and gangsters terrorised its border lands.

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Dr Alixe Bovey makes series of journeys through Britain in the Middle Ages.

Medieval art historian Dr Alixe Bovey uses the oldest surviving route map of Britain to make a series of journeys through Britain in the Middle Ages.

5/6. The most mysterious region on the Gough map.

The Book Quiz

The Book Quiz: Series 2

The Book Quiz: Series 2: Episode 7

Episode 7

Series 2

BBC Four - The Book Quiz, Series 2, Episode 7

Wendy Holden and Giles Coren meet Daisy Goodwin and David Aaronovitch in the final.

Kirsty Wark presents the grand final of the literary panel game, as Wendy Holden and Giles Coren do battle with Daisy Goodwin and David Aaronovitch.

7/7. Kirsty Wark presents the final of the quiz, with Wendy Holden and Giles Coren competing against Daisy Goodwin and David Aaronovitch.

A Perfect Spy

A Perfect Spy: Episode 5

BBC Four - A Perfect Spy, Episode 5

The heads of GB and US intelligence argue over Pym's loyalty.

With Magnus Pym working in Washington with Axel, the heads of GB and US intelligence argue over his loyalty.

1980s adaption of the John le Carre novel. With Magnus Pym working in Washington with Axel, the heads of GB and US intelligence argue over his loyalty. As Jack Brotherhood doggedly defends him, Pym finds sanctuary in a remote seaside town in England.

Classic John le Carré adaptation starring Peter Egan.

Born into espionage - the deadly deceptions of the life of a double agent in the Cold War. A classic John le Carré adaptation starring Peter Egan.

5/7. The heads of British and American intelligence argue over Magnus's loyalty. Starring 
Alan Howard , Peter Egan , Rudiger Weigang and Jane Booker.  
9.00 6/7. Magnus and Mary return to Vienna after hearing about Rick's death. However, the former has to rush off to England and fails to make it back to Austria as planned.  
9.55 7/7. Brotherhood and his agents search the Vienna house for clues to Magnus Pym 's disappearance, while 
Axel makes contact with Mary.

A Perfect Spy: Episode 6

Episode 6

BBC Four - A Perfect Spy, Episode 6

On hearing of Rick's death, Pym and Mary return to Vienna.

On hearing of Rick's death, Pym and Mary return to Vienna. Pym then rushes off to England but fails to return to Vienna as planned.

A Perfect Spy: Episode 7

BBC Four - A Perfect Spy, Episode 7

Brotherhood and his agents search the Vienna house for clues to Pym's disappearance

While Brotherhood and his agents search the Vienna house for clues to Pym's disappearance, Axel makes contact with Mary.

Christina: A Medieval Life

05/05/2008

BBC Four - Christina: A Medieval Life

Michael Wood traces the story of a real-life peasant of 14th-century Hertfordshire.

Historian Michael Wood presents a portrait of ordinary people living through extraordinary times, tracing the story of Christina Cok, a peasant of 14th century Hertfordshire.

Historian Michael Wood presents a portrait of ordinary people living through extraordinary times, tracing the story of a real-life peasant of 14th-century Hertfordshire.

She wasn't a famous person, or of noble blood, yet Christina's story is important in understanding our own roots. In this time of war, famine, floods, climate change and the Black Death are the beginnings of the end of serfdom, the growth of individual freedom and the start of a market economy.

Wood recounts the history of medieval Britain told not from the top of society, but from the bottom. Through the lives of Christina and her fellow villagers, we see how the most volatile century in British history played a crucial role in shaping the character and destiny of a nation, and its people.

Christina: a Medieval Life

Michael Wood delves into medieval court books to follow the fortunes of a 14th-century English family in the village of Codicote in Hertfordshire.

How to Build a Cathedral

21/04/2008

BBC Four - How to Build a Cathedral

Documentary discovering how our medieval forebears built the wonders of their world.

Architectural historian Jon Cannon goes in search of the clues that shed light on how our medieval forebears were able to build the wonders of their world.

The great cathedrals were the wonders of the medieval world - the tallest buildings since the pyramids and the showpieces of medieval Christianity. Yet they were built at a time when most of us lived in hovels. Architectural historian Jon Cannon explores who the people were that built them and how they were able to achieve such a bold vision.

Jon Cannon explores how cathedrals were constructed, visiting Gloucester, York, Norwich and Ely for examples of medieval ingenuity.

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