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Documentary series. Michael Portillo learns to decipher traditional knitting patterns in Filey and meets Scarborough's 4,000-year-old Gristhorpe Man. Show more
Documentary featuring home movies of the diehard enthusiasts and boat owners who helped to save the inland waterways for the nation and create a second golden age of the canals. Show more
Matthew Collings explores how Turner, the artist of light, makes light the vehicle of feeling in his work and how he found inspiration for that feeling in the waters of the Thames. Show more
Documentary lifting the veil on the taboo that is corporal punishment, revealing a history spanning religion, the justice system, sex and education. Show more
Danish drama series about the fight for political power. Birgitte Nyborg, facing her first election as party leader, decides to head in her own direction. Show more
Dan Cruickshank follows in the footsteps of chroniclers John Stow and John Strype to explore London in the 17th century, one of the most dramatic times in the city's history. Show more
Documentary featuring home movies of the diehard enthusiasts and boat owners who helped to save the inland waterways for the nation and create a second golden age of the canals. Show more
Documentary lifting the veil on the taboo that is corporal punishment, revealing a history spanning religion, the justice system, sex and education. Show more
Matthew Collings explores how Turner, the artist of light, makes light the vehicle of feeling in his work and how he found inspiration for that feeling in the waters of the Thames. Show more
