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Travel documentary. Michael Portillo meets the wild Border Reivers clansmen, witnesses a wedding in Gretna Green and visits a World War I munitions factory. Show more

Investigating the discovery of what is ominously being called 'dark flow', a phenomenon which could mean scientists might have to find a new way of understanding the universe. Show more

Documentary which maintains that the real pioneers of space exploration were the Soviet cosmonauts, telling the story of how the Russians led us into the space age. Show more

The story of Afghan astronaut Ahad Momand, who spent a week on the Russian space station Mir in 1988. With his country still suffering violence, Ahad revisits his historic mission. Show more

Comedy series about two metal-detecting friends. Lance and Andy are on the trail of the holy grail of metal detecting - the final resting place of King Sexred of the East Saxons. Show more

How the Minoan civilisation on Crete was wiped out 3,500 years ago by one of the biggest volcanic eruptions since the Ice Age on the nearby island of Thira. Show more

Investigating the discovery of what is ominously being called 'dark flow', a phenomenon which could mean scientists might have to find a new way of understanding the universe. Show more

Documentary which maintains that the real pioneers of space exploration were the Soviet cosmonauts, telling the story of how the Russians led us into the space age. Show more