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Christmas-themed quiz for university alumni. The Manchester University team features comedian Lucy Porter and The Thick of It writer Jesse Armstrong. Show more

Ray Mears finds out how 500,000 square miles of flat, treeless grassland was the setting for Wild West stories of Indians, wagon trains, homesteaders and cattle drives. Show more

The best in British archaeology. Finds include Roman letters that reveal what London was like, an East India ship packed with silver, and evidence of Julius Caesar in Britain. Show more

Comedy series about two metal-detecting friends. Lance is obsessed with finding the thief that stole his gold, while Andy's lies are catching up with him. Show more

Black comedy series about small-town life. The schoolchildren get a visit from the incompetent Legz Akimbo Theatre Company. Show more

Mark Gatiss and Matthew Sweet ponder the James Bonds we have seen on screen since Dr No in 1962, and raise a martini in honour of their premium Bond. Show more

The BBC opens up its vaults to reveal the forgotten files on the world's most famous secret agent. Featuring rare and candid interviews with all six actors to play 007. Show more

Series in which Suzy Klein explores the transformation of music in the 19th century. She shows how it became a revolutionary force that changed the world. Show more

Ray Mears finds out how 500,000 square miles of flat, treeless grassland was the setting for Wild West stories of Indians, wagon trains, homesteaders and cattle drives. Show more

The best in British archaeology. Finds include Roman letters that reveal what London was like, an East India ship packed with silver, and evidence of Julius Caesar in Britain. Show more