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Sitcom about a middle-aged man living with his parents. Timothy wants to go to the cinema, but his mother wants him to spend his evenings painting.
Dr Ingrid Visser investigates why there has been an unusual number of whale deaths, and reveals disturbing new information. Show more
Documentary series which goes behind the scenes at the Queen's favourite home, Windsor Castle. This part covers Easter and also takes a look at the Queen's horses. Show more
Historical documentary series. Dr Thomas Asbridge examines the two figures who have come to embody Crusader war: Richard the Lionheart and Saladin. Show more
Using the British Transport Films archive, Timeshift revisits Britain's railways during the era of public ownership in a corrective to the myth of the bad old days of rail. Show more
Dr Kevin Fong learns how we can survive in hostile conditions. In the second programme he goes goes climbing in the Alps to find out how the body responds to altitude. Show more
Stories from the Dark Earth: Meet the Ancestors Revisited
Episode 2: Families of the Stone Age
59 minutes
on BBC Four
Archaeologist Julian Richards returns to the excavation of two burials from the Stone Age - a Neolithic family in Dorset and a tomb on Orkney. Show more
Simon Armitage undertakes his own Greek adventure, following in the footsteps of one of his personal heroes, Odysseus, at the same time wondering whether he even likes the guy. Show more
Art historian Helen Rosslyn, whose husband's ancestor built the Rosslyn Chapel, founded in 1446, is the guide on a journey of discovery around an exquisite building. Show more
