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In a Ford Zodiac, Richard Wilson drives the circular route from Caernarfon that loops through some of Snowdonia and gets a Welsh lesson at Caernarfon Castle. Show more
Ben Robinson flies over the Thames to reveal discoveries about WWI, including a network of trenches on the Hoo peninsula near the former Chattenden Barracks. Show more
Quiz show hosted by Victoria Coren Mitchell in which links must be made between seemingly random things. Three map lovers take on a team from Wales. Show more
Historian Peter Barton and a team of archaeologists examine a labyrinth beneath the Somme battlefield constructed largely by British troops to undermine the nearby German lines. Show more
Michael Palin reveals the shocking truth that soldiers continued to be killed in battle after the First World War armistice had been signed. Show more
The story of the First World War told from a unique new aerial perspective, featuring archive footage filmed from an airship and newly developed photographs taken by pilots. Show more
Stories from the Dark Earth: Meet the Ancestors Revisited
Episode 3: Sacred Women of the Iron Age
1 hour on BBC Four
Archaeologist Julian Richards has the latest on two very different burials of Iron Age women and a brand new discovery in a rare chariot burial. Show more
The story of modern art in the words of the artists themselves travels from Bacon's tortured war-inspired images to Hockney's 60s hedonistic freedom. Show more
Quiz show hosted by Victoria Coren Mitchell in which links must be made between seemingly random things. Three map lovers take on a team from Wales. Show more
Ben Robinson flies over the Thames to reveal discoveries about WWI, including a network of trenches on the Hoo peninsula near the former Chattenden Barracks. Show more
Historian Peter Barton and a team of archaeologists examine a labyrinth beneath the Somme battlefield constructed largely by British troops to undermine the nearby German lines. Show more