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Noel Edmonds introduces the weekly pop charts featuring performances from The Stranglers, Justin Hayward, Child, Darts, 10cc, The New Seekers and a dance routine by Legs & Co.

Dr Janina Ramirez explores the medieval Anglo-French conflict. French resistance to Henry V comes in the most unlikely form of illiterate peasant girl Joan of Arc. Show more

How collecting reached its maturity in the 19th century when the booming economy encouraged philanthropic industrialists to spend their fortunes on art. Show more

The people of Liverpool tell their favourite jokes. The city has a tradition of comedy and joke telling, but does it mean the man and woman on the street can crack corkers? Show more

Final part of the adaptation of Iain Banks's blackly humorous novel. Prentice finds that the jigsaw is falling into place as he discovers Rory's final secret about the family. Show more

John Sergeant continues his 3,000-mile journey along India's rail tracks, travelling north to south to discover how the railways shaped the country's history. Show more

Noel Edmonds introduces the weekly pop charts featuring performances from The Stranglers, Justin Hayward, Child, Darts, 10cc, The New Seekers and a dance routine by Legs & Co.

The people of Liverpool tell their favourite jokes. The city has a tradition of comedy and joke telling, but does it mean the man and woman on the street can crack corkers? Show more

Dr Janina Ramirez explores the medieval Anglo-French conflict. French resistance to Henry V comes in the most unlikely form of illiterate peasant girl Joan of Arc. Show more

How collecting reached its maturity in the 19th century when the booming economy encouraged philanthropic industrialists to spend their fortunes on art. Show more