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Secrets of Bones

Episode 3: Into the Air

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for 10 months

Ben Garrod finds out how the skeleton has allowed vertebrates to take to the air, why the pigeon is an exceptional flier and how the albatross makes huge migrations. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Ben Garrod
Series Producer:
Aaron Paul
Executive Producer:
Jonny Keeling
Producer:
Ingrid Kvale
Director:
Ingrid Kvale

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four

Dan Snow presents a series on the Royal Navy's role in British history. Dan looks at the evolution of Nelson's navy and the national enterprise which supported it. Show more

Documentary. Part two of this mini-series focuses on the construction, design and significance of the stone circle itself and the ancient civilisation that flourished around it. Show more

Hidden Killers

The Tudor Home

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

Dr Suzannah Lipscomb takes us back to Tudor times, when the newly emergent middle classes had money for luxuries and early consumer goods, many of which contained hidden dangers. Show more

Contributors

Production Company:
Modern Television Ltd
Executive Producer:
Jobim Sampson
Executive Producer:
Sarah Broughton

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

Billingsgate trader Roger Barton heads to Mexico City's Central de Abasto, the largest food market on the planet. Unfortunately for him, there's not a single fish in sight. Show more

Contributors

Participant:
Roger Barton
Executive Producer:
Lucy Carter
Series Producer:
Jamie Balment
Director:
Jamie Balment
Production Company:
Indus Films

How to Build...

Series 1

Episode 1: A Nuclear Submarine

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

Documentary following the construction of the Astute nuclear submarine, which has been 14 years in the making and cost over a billion pounds. Show more

Hidden Killers

The Tudor Home

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

Dr Suzannah Lipscomb takes us back to Tudor times, when the newly emergent middle classes had money for luxuries and early consumer goods, many of which contained hidden dangers. Show more

Contributors

Production Company:
Modern Television Ltd
Executive Producer:
Jobim Sampson
Executive Producer:
Sarah Broughton

BBC Four

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