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Great Continental Railway Journeys

Series 3 - Reversions

Episode 4: Rome to Taormina - Part 2

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Four

Michael Portillo takes the train down the spine of Italy from Rome to Sicily, visiting Naples, the island of Capri and the old hilltop town of Taormina. Show more

Dr Janina Ramirez begins her series by exploring how monasteries evolved from a cult of isolation and self-deprivation into powerhouses of Anglo-Saxon art, industry and learning. Show more

Treasures of the Indus

Episode 3: Of Gods and Men

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

In a journey across India's Tamil Nadu state, Sona Datta traces the development of the Hindu religion from its origins as an amalgamation of local faith traditions. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Sona Datta
Participant:
Dr J Rajendaran
Participant:
Richard Blurton
Participant:
Dr Deviprasad
Participant:
Dr R Nagaswamy
Participant:
L Murugasankari
Participant:
K Suresh Kumar
Participant:
Karan Vir Arora
Participant:
PC Deshmukh
Series Producer:
Hugh Thomson
Executive Producer:
Harry Bell

Archaeology: A Secret History

Episode 2: The Search for Civilisation

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for 6 months

Richard Miles shows how 18th- and 19th-century discoveries overturned ideas of when and where civilisation began as empires competed to own the past. Show more

This World

Cuba with Simon Reeve

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four

Simon Reeve heads to Cuba to find a communist country in the middle of a capitalist revolution and asks if the new economic openness could lead to political liberalisation. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Simon Reeve
Director:
Tom McCarthy
Producer:
Tom McCarthy
Series Producer:
Sarah Waldron
Executive Producer:
Sam Bagnall
Production Manager:
Theresa Lydon

Dr Janina Ramirez begins her series by exploring how monasteries evolved from a cult of isolation and self-deprivation into powerhouses of Anglo-Saxon art, industry and learning. Show more

Treasures of the Indus

Episode 3: Of Gods and Men

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

In a journey across India's Tamil Nadu state, Sona Datta traces the development of the Hindu religion from its origins as an amalgamation of local faith traditions. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Sona Datta
Participant:
Dr J Rajendaran
Participant:
Richard Blurton
Participant:
Dr Deviprasad
Participant:
Dr R Nagaswamy
Participant:
L Murugasankari
Participant:
K Suresh Kumar
Participant:
Karan Vir Arora
Participant:
PC Deshmukh
Series Producer:
Hugh Thomson
Executive Producer:
Harry Bell

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