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Michael Portillo finds out about shoddy, a successful 19th-century recycling industry in the textile town of Batley, and meets a descendant of George Bradshaw. Show more
Documentary in which Nigel Slater looks at the history of the humble biscuit and asks what makes Britain a nation of ardent biscuit eaters like no other in the world. Show more
Documentary following the investigation that aims to reveal what life was like in the small Roman town of Herculaneum, moments before it was destroyed by a volcanic eruption. Show more
Reporter Maeve Flynn gets a call from a prison and a man who says he knows what happened to Amber - can he be trusted?
In the Rockies, Richard Fortey explores a fossilised seabed containing bizarre life forms that have revolutionised understanding about the beginnings of complex life. Show more
Drawing on 45 years of Horizon archive, Dr Kevin Fong presents a documentary showing how the intriguing possibility of life on Mars has fuelled man's quest to visit the Red Planet. Show more
Documentary in which Nigel Slater looks at the history of the humble biscuit and asks what makes Britain a nation of ardent biscuit eaters like no other in the world. Show more
Documentary following the investigation that aims to reveal what life was like in the small Roman town of Herculaneum, moments before it was destroyed by a volcanic eruption. Show more
Reporter Maeve Flynn gets a call from a prison and a man who says he knows what happened to Amber - can he be trusted?
