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Historian Christopher Clark re-examines the life and achievements of one of Germany's most colourful and controversial leaders, the Prussian king Frederick the Great. Show more
Marcus du Sautoy tells the story behind Isaac Newton's diagram of a prism which demonstrated that white light is not pure, but made up of different colours. Show more
Film looking at the art colony of St Ives in Cornwall, which became as important as Paris or London in the history of modernism during a creative period between the 1920s and 60s. Show more
Poignant drama telling the true story of a man left paralysed in the prime of his life who showed incredible reserves of spiritual strength to author his memoirs just by blinking. Show more
Marcus du Sautoy tells the story behind Isaac Newton's diagram of a prism which demonstrated that white light is not pure, but made up of different colours. Show more
Historian Christopher Clark re-examines the life and achievements of one of Germany's most colourful and controversial leaders, the Prussian king Frederick the Great. Show more
Film looking at the art colony of St Ives in Cornwall, which became as important as Paris or London in the history of modernism during a creative period between the 1920s and 60s. Show more
Marcus du Sautoy tells the story behind Isaac Newton's diagram of a prism which demonstrated that white light is not pure, but made up of different colours. Show more
