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A look at the Serengeti in east Africa, a vast grassland that is home to great concentrations of herbivores. But what is the key that allows such density and diversity? Show more

This part looks at the golden age of the grammar schools in the 1950s and 60s and their sudden demise. With contributions from Michael Wood, Edwina Currie and Michael Portillo. Show more

Film following Alex Durtnell as he travels back through the centuries and rediscovers the houses his family have built, right back to the reign of Elizabeth I. Show more

Alastair Sooke concludes the story of Egyptian art by looking at how, despite political decline, the final era of Egypt's empire saw its art enjoy revival and rebirth. Show more

Documentary telling how a choir of Jewish prisoners transcended the horrors to defiantly perform Verdi's Requiem in front of their Nazi captors at a concentration camp in 1944. Show more

Ros Savill tells the story of Sevres porcelain, which represent the skills of 18th-century France as well as the desires of an autocratic regime that was heading for revolution. Show more

This part looks at the golden age of the grammar schools in the 1950s and 60s and their sudden demise. With contributions from Michael Wood, Edwina Currie and Michael Portillo. Show more

Film following Alex Durtnell as he travels back through the centuries and rediscovers the houses his family have built, right back to the reign of Elizabeth I. Show more