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Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Four

Michael Portillo examines the role of the railways in World War I. He begins his journey in the French city of Metz on European tracks built with war in mind. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
John Comerford
Series Producer:
Alison Kreps

Coast

The Great Guide

Episode 2: Southern Wales

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

Tessa Dunlop and Neil Oliver present a guide to southern Wales - from the Severn Bridge to St Davids - unearthing the stories that give this coast its wild appeal. Show more

A Very British History

Series 1

Romany Gypsies

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

Writer Damian Le Bas explores how Gypsy people in the 1960s were forced to abandon their nomadic way of life for a more settled existence. Show more

Alinka Echeverria reveals how artists became the authors of Mexico's official history, defining the origins of its power and wielding significant influence over millennia. Show more

David Bintley on how the Sadler's Wells Ballet company brought ballet to the British people as an antidote to austerity and emerged, postwar, as the Royal Ballet. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
David Bintley
Director:
Paul Wu
Producer:
Paul Wu
Executive Producer:
Mark Cooper
Participant:
Pauline Clayden
Participant:
Henry Danton
Participant:
Julia Farron
Participant:
Beryl Grey
Participant:
Gillian Lynne

A Very British History

Series 1

Romany Gypsies

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

Writer Damian Le Bas explores how Gypsy people in the 1960s were forced to abandon their nomadic way of life for a more settled existence. Show more

BBC Four

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