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Michael Portillo explores the historic Dumbarton shipyards that built the Cutty Sark, visits Loch Lomond, and goes hunting for gold in Scotland's mountains. Show more
Using a mix of archive material, this film paints a colourful and surprising portrait of London's beating heart, the West End, from showbusiness and shops to riots and sleaze. Show more
Quiz show in which links must be made between seemingly random things. Three colleagues in an accountancy firm take on a team of cinema lovers. Show more
David Reynolds asks why Britain spent much of the war fighting in Africa and Italy, reassessing Churchill's view that the Mediterranean was the soft underbelly of Hitler's Europe. Show more
Documentary telling the forgotten story of a heroic battle fought by the children of the British Memorial School in Ypres, Belgium to help liberate Europe from the Nazis. Show more
Robert Hughes slips down the decline of modernism and examines how artists have dealt with commercialisation. Artists include Bridget Reilly and David Hockney. Show more
Based on a series of interviews with Edna O'Brien and her two sons, a documentary portrait of the Irish writer which explores both her work and her lifestyle, past and present. Show more
Using a mix of archive material, this film paints a colourful and surprising portrait of London's beating heart, the West End, from showbusiness and shops to riots and sleaze. Show more
Quiz show in which links must be made between seemingly random things. Three colleagues in an accountancy firm take on a team of cinema lovers. Show more
David Reynolds asks why Britain spent much of the war fighting in Africa and Italy, reassessing Churchill's view that the Mediterranean was the soft underbelly of Hitler's Europe. Show more
