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Michael Portillo visits the world's first iron bridge at Coalbrookdale, explores the historic Chirk Castle and has a go at making traditional Cheshire cheese. Show more

Series chronicling the impact of technology on war focuses on the bayonet, which remained an enduring symbol of British military grit for over 300 years. Show more

How new technologies and production methods changed the face of agriculture and country life adapted to the new economic and moral realities of 1960s Britain. Show more

Dr Janina Ramirez explores the medieval Anglo-French conflict. Edward III crushes the flower of French knighthood at the Battle of Crecy. Show more

Storyville: Documentary which follows the journey of a group of scientists and artists as they venture by ship into one of the last uncharted territories on Earth, in Greenland. Show more

Military historian Saul David explores how wars are really fought - in the backroom of military planning. He begins by looking at how to keep an army fed and housed.

Exploring what makes a great rock album, Danny Baker celebrates the golden age of the analogue, vinyl LP with Jeremy Clarkson, Stephen Street and Kate Mossman. Show more

Laura Cumming takes a journey through more than 500 years of self-portraits and finds out how the greatest names in western art transformed themselves into their own masterpieces. Show more

How new technologies and production methods changed the face of agriculture and country life adapted to the new economic and moral realities of 1960s Britain. Show more

Dr Janina Ramirez explores the medieval Anglo-French conflict. Edward III crushes the flower of French knighthood at the Battle of Crecy. Show more