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Michael Portillo takes a steamboat tour of Lake Windermere, visits Wordsworth's home village of Grasmere and makes sausages with a local Herdwick sheep farmer. Show more

Lucy Worsley looks at the history of the kitchen by baking bread in a Tudor kitchen, doing a week's Victorian re-cycling and trying out 1950s labour-saving gadgets. Show more

Murder-mystery series. Mrs Bradley visits Porth Carrack to present Inspector Christmas with the freedom of the town, but the vicar's daughter is found strangled. Show more

Richard Wilson drives a convertible Triumph TR3A around some of the Lake District's most famous roads. He gets the lowdown on the area from author Hunter Davies. Show more

Australian comedy series set in the world of tabloid journalism. Alex and Bob need to get a photo of a tennis star who has faked an injury to get out of a match. Show more

Series tracing the roots of light entertainment. This edition looks at double acts from Laurel and Hardy to Morecambe and Wise, from Reeves and Mortimer to Ant and Dec. Show more

When a leading local politician is found dead in a car at a notorious prostitution spot, Montalbano goes about making sense of the available evidence. Show more

Australian comedy series set in the world of tabloid journalism. Alex and Bob need to get a photo of a tennis star who has faked an injury to get out of a match. Show more

Richard Wilson drives a convertible Triumph TR3A around some of the Lake District's most famous roads. He gets the lowdown on the area from author Hunter Davies. Show more

Series tracing the roots of light entertainment. This edition looks at the continuing connection between radio and light entertainment, and its competition with TV. Show more