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Michael Portillo takes a Turkish bath in the famous spa town of Harrogate and explores the exemplary Victorian village of Saltaire. Show more

Following the O'Briens, a traveller family from Wicklow as they attempt to overcome prejudice and tradition in order to make a mark on the word of Irish dance. Show more

Victoria Coren Mitchell presents the quiz show about making connections. Three software engineers take on a family team in a bid to make the semis. Show more

Archive footage and testimony from the last of the whale hunters helps Adam Nicolson reveal what it was like to have hunted whales in Antarctica in the early 20th century. Show more

Ray Mears looks at how the landscapes of America's five great deserts, from the Great Basin desert to Arizona's Sonoran desert, challenged the westward push of the pioneers. Show more

Mike de Gruy and Kate Humble lead an international team of scientists and divers as they search for species new to science in the Amazon River. The team explores a 90-metre chasm. Show more

Michael Mosley explores how history shaped science. Here, he looks at how atomic theories and the strange concepts of quantum physics came into being. Show more

Victoria Coren Mitchell presents the quiz show about making connections. Three software engineers take on a family team in a bid to make the semis. Show more

Alastair Sooke explores the evolution of the gentleman's suit, which has evolved from working man's Sunday best to the casual wear of royalty over the last 100 years. Show more

Using the 1960s Look at Life films to examine the implications of Britain's identity as an island nation, a geographical reality that influences its national psyche. Show more

Archive footage and testimony from the last of the whale hunters helps Adam Nicolson reveal what it was like to have hunted whales in Antarctica in the early 20th century. Show more