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Professor Jean Seaton uncovers the story of industrial conflict in Devon during the First World War. 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

Biddulph Grange takes the visitor on a journey around the world from China to Egypt in a series of gardens connected by tunnels and subterranean passageways. Show more

Dr Jago Cooper travels from Peru to the far north of Inca territory in Ecuador to reveal how the great strengths of the empire became factors in its rapid demise. Show more

Drama in which a poor young Pakistani woman gets a job at a beauty company and is soon given work as a model, but the job incurs the disapproval of both her family and her fiance. Show more

Adam Rutherford meets the spider-goat, created by scientists and the product of a new field of research - synthetic biology. Show more

Documentary about the musician Mike Oldfield, whose 1973 album Tubular Bells launched the Virgin record label and became the biggest-selling instrumental album of all time. Show more

A live studio performance from 1974 of Mike Oldfield's composition Tubular Bells, which had been acclaimed in the press as a unique achievement in popular music.

Biddulph Grange takes the visitor on a journey around the world from China to Egypt in a series of gardens connected by tunnels and subterranean passageways. Show more