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Michael Portillo tastes the Victorian drink perry, encounters a pedigree Hereford bull and visits the world's first iron-framed building in Shrewsbury. Show more
Jonathan Foyle looks for clues in Henry VIII's art to glimpse what was going on inside the king's head as he faced his darkest days following his divorce and break with Rome. Show more
Fifty years ago every UK town had a variety theatre. Michael Grade tells the story of this lost world.
Robin Lane Fox searches for the origins of the Greek myths on a journey through the 8th-century Mediterranean world from the lost city of Hattusas to the summit of Mount Etna. Show more
A look at the problems the disabled faced as they moved out of institutions and into the community. The 1980s and 90s saw more people prepared to fight for recognition and rights. Show more
Jonathan Foyle looks for clues in Henry VIII's art to glimpse what was going on inside the king's head as he faced his darkest days following his divorce and break with Rome. Show more
Michael Portillo tastes the Victorian drink perry, encounters a pedigree Hereford bull and visits the world's first iron-framed building in Shrewsbury. Show more
Fifty years ago every UK town had a variety theatre. Michael Grade tells the story of this lost world.
Robin Lane Fox searches for the origins of the Greek myths on a journey through the 8th-century Mediterranean world from the lost city of Hattusas to the summit of Mount Etna. Show more
