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Britain's Best Drives

Episode 2: North Wales

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Four

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

Contributors

Presenter:
Richard Wilson
Producer:
Jonney Steven
Series Producer:
Neil Edwards
Executive Producer:
Stuart Murphy
Executive Producer:
Andy Batten-Foster

The Flying Archaeologist

Episode 4: The Thames: Secret War

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

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

Contributors

Presenter:
Peter Barton
Director:
Mike Fox
Camera Operator:
Mike Fox
Producer:
Peter Barton
Executive Producer:
Michael Poole

Stories from the Dark Earth: Meet the Ancestors Revisited

Episode 3: Sacred Women of the Iron Age

Duration: 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

Great Artists in Their Own Words

Episode 2: Out of the Darkness (1939-1966)

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four

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

The Flying Archaeologist

Episode 4: The Thames: Secret War

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

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

Contributors

Presenter:
Peter Barton
Director:
Mike Fox
Camera Operator:
Mike Fox
Producer:
Peter Barton
Executive Producer:
Michael Poole

BBC Four

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