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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
Series about the attempts to bring farming back to the Sissinghurst estate. Sarah's ideas for transforming the restaurant are not being taken up, so she tries a new tactic. Show more
Steve Backshall visits the Namib in Africa, where animals use clever tactics to combat the heat. He reveals the unique secret that allows life to survive here at all. Show more
Exploring what makes a great pop album, Danny Baker celebrates the golden age of the analogue, vinyl LP with guests Boy George, Grace Dent and David Hepworth. Show more
Comedy series about a man seeking political office. Looking for a campaign boost, Bob courts both the religious vote and the women of Broughty Ferry in a twin attack. Show more
Remembering Les Dawson with favourite TV clips and some rare gems from the archives, plus interviews with friends, relatives and colleagues who assess the comedian's legacy. Show more
Waldemar Januszczak tells the story of the man often cited as the father of the Impressionists. Manet's dramatic life provoked such controversial works as Dejeuner sur l'herbe. 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
Steve Backshall visits the Namib in Africa, where animals use clever tactics to combat the heat. He reveals the unique secret that allows life to survive here at all. Show more
Comedy series about a man seeking political office. Looking for a campaign boost, Bob courts both the religious vote and the women of Broughty Ferry in a twin attack. Show more
Exploring what makes a great pop album, Danny Baker celebrates the golden age of the analogue, vinyl LP with guests Boy George, Grace Dent and David Hepworth. Show more
