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Michael Portillo discovers how trains spread the word about Oban whisky, hears about the struggle to build a railway across Rannoch Moor and visits Corrour. Show more

Documentary celebrating the golden age of air travel when, in the 1920s and 1930s, Britain ruled the skies, and style and glamour were a passport to adventure. Show more

How a traditional working-class pub game became a national obsession during the 1970s and 80s, and how television played a key role in elevating its players into household names. Show more

1979 film following rising darts star Eric Bristow as he travels around the pubs and working men's clubs of Britain, challenging the local heroes and playing exhibition matches. Show more

Documentary charting the life of snooker legend Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins. Contributors include Jimmy White, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Dennis Taylor and Barry Hearn. Show more

Sam Willis tells the story of the English ruler who left the most indelible mark on the castle, Edward I, as he turned it into an instrument of colonisation. Show more

In his home studio and revisiting old haunts in Shepherd's Bush and Battersea, Pete Townshend opens his heart and his personal archive to revisit the Who's 1973 album Quadrophenia. Show more

Comedy set around a dog training class. Nana V's brother arrives to do some potholing work, and with her marriage on the rocks Naomi finds herself unexpectedly drawn to him. Show more

How a traditional working-class pub game became a national obsession during the 1970s and 80s, and how television played a key role in elevating its players into household names. Show more

1979 film following rising darts star Eric Bristow as he travels around the pubs and working men's clubs of Britain, challenging the local heroes and playing exhibition matches. Show more