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Danny Baker strolls into the world of bollards, benches, bins and lavatories. Expect hymns to the phone box and pillar box by way of a terrifying Belisha beacon. Show more
Series exploring four iconic gardens looks at Stowe, which launched the career of Capability Brown and fostered a rebellion that overthrew the first British prime minister. Show more
Bunny Guinness travels across England to some of Capability Brown's finest landscapes to understand what he might have created had his plan of creating his own garden borne fruit. Show more
Jeremy Paxman begins his exploration into Victorian Britain by investigating the most dramatic event of the age - the explosion of great cities. Show more
Series which dispels myths and offers new insights into WWI. The merciless pattern of the war was set early on, by Austro-Hungarian atrocities against Serbian civilians. Show more
Documentary telling the affectionate story of British servicemen and their families who had to make Germany a home from home in the decades after the Second World War. Show more
Series exploring scientific issues. Following the search for the smallest thing in the universe, a journey where things don't just become smaller - but also a whole lot weirder. Show more
Jeremy Paxman begins his exploration into Victorian Britain by investigating the most dramatic event of the age - the explosion of great cities. Show more
Bunny Guinness travels across England to some of Capability Brown's finest landscapes to understand what he might have created had his plan of creating his own garden borne fruit. Show more
