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Tony Blackburn presents the weekly pop chart show featuring the Dooleys, Siouxsie and the Banshees, 10cc, Klark Kent, Exile, the Rezillos, Darts, Cliff Richard and the Commodores. Show more
Helen Castor explores the lives of the Tudor queens Jane, Mary and Elizabeth, and how each struggled with wearing a crown that was made for a male head. Show more
William Burrell made a fortune out of shipping and spent it on art. Kirsty Wark tells the story of the self-effacing collector and tours the highlights of his collection. Show more
Olivia Horsfall Turner looks at two of the most radical civil engineering projects proposed in the last century - a ship canal in Scotland and the Channel Tunnel. Show more
Documentary telling the story of the foreign pop song from World War Two to the present day, taking in everything from Anton Karas's zither music to Greek balladeer Demis Roussos. Show more
Tony Blackburn presents the weekly pop chart show featuring the Dooleys, Siouxsie and the Banshees, 10cc, Klark Kent, Exile, the Rezillos, Darts, Cliff Richard and the Commodores. Show more
The story of the remarkable family who tamed the wild Scottish coastline, told 200 years after the building of their first iconic lighthouse, the Bell Rock.
Helen Castor explores the lives of the Tudor queens Jane, Mary and Elizabeth, and how each struggled with wearing a crown that was made for a male head. Show more
William Burrell made a fortune out of shipping and spent it on art. Kirsty Wark tells the story of the self-effacing collector and tours the highlights of his collection. Show more
