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Richard Taylor finds that churches from the Age of Enlightenment reflect the intellectual excitement, vigour and potential for conflict of a turbulent time. Show more
Documentary telling the story of Balmoral, the royal family's most private residence, and how the royal family has played a role in shaping modern Scotland and vice versa. Show more
Film in which people who planned to donate their bodies to the Otago Medical School for students to dissect talk about their lives, loves, hopes, fears and, of course, bodies. Show more
Tom Holland explores how our ancestors sought to explain the remains of dinosaurs and other giant prehistoric creatures, and how bones and fossils have affected human culture. Show more
Simon Sebag Montefiore begins a history of Jerusalem by exploring how it came into being and how it became so important to Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Show more
Alex Horne tries to discover why some games survived, and examines the best of those that did not. He attempts to relaunch the ancient sport of the Quintain, horseless jousting. Show more
Documentary telling the story of Balmoral, the royal family's most private residence, and how the royal family has played a role in shaping modern Scotland and vice versa. Show more
Film in which people who planned to donate their bodies to the Otago Medical School for students to dissect talk about their lives, loves, hopes, fears and, of course, bodies. Show more
Richard Taylor finds that churches from the Age of Enlightenment reflect the intellectual excitement, vigour and potential for conflict of a turbulent time. Show more
Simon Sebag Montefiore begins a history of Jerusalem by exploring how it came into being and how it became so important to Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Show more
