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Michael Portillo visits a station fit for royalty in Windsor, and views an engineering triumph built by Brunel to span the Thames at Maidenhead. Show more

Clare Balding takes a pedal-powered trip across the UK. In Devon, she rides from Lynmouth, scene of Britain's worst flood disaster, to Ilfracombe via Little Switzerland. Show more

Profile of ceramic artist Edmund de Waal. Filmed mainly in de Waal's studio, this film gives an insight into his working methods as he prepares for an exhibition. Show more

Documentary in which poet Simon Armitage dissects what makes a perfect speech by examining famous speeches that provoked radical change, surprised pundits or shocked listeners. Show more

Documentary commemorating the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King's March on Washington, speaking to the people who organised and participated in it as well as many others. Show more

David Attenborough sets out on an extraordinary journey across the earth's polar regions, exploring the Arctic and Antarctic. Show more

Archaeologist Julian Richards returns to the excavation of two burials from the Stone Age - a Neolithic family in Dorset and a tomb on Orkney. Show more

Michael Portillo visits a station fit for royalty in Windsor, and views an engineering triumph built by Brunel to span the Thames at Maidenhead. Show more

Profile of ceramic artist Edmund de Waal. Filmed mainly in de Waal's studio, this film gives an insight into his working methods as he prepares for an exhibition. Show more

Clare Balding takes a pedal-powered trip across the UK. In Devon, she rides from Lynmouth, scene of Britain's worst flood disaster, to Ilfracombe via Little Switzerland. Show more

Documentary in which poet Simon Armitage dissects what makes a perfect speech by examining famous speeches that provoked radical change, surprised pundits or shocked listeners. Show more