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Armed with his 1930s Bradshaw’s, Michael Portillo explores interwar East Anglia. Starting at Sutton Hoo, he visits the experimental Summerhill School and learns about the Kindertransport refugees. Show more
Fred Dibnah visits the North East, which is rich in railway history, and gets to ride on the footplate and stoke the boiler of a Black Five at Llangollen Railway. Show more
Sitcom. Whilst Hyacinth lectures the milkman, she spies a man in Liz's house. She misunderstands the situation, and devises a plan involving Richard to flush him out.
Classic political sitcom. Jim Hacker considers cancelling the Trident programme after discovering some interesting facts about the UK's defence system.
Physicist Dr Helen Czerski and meteorologist John Hammond examine Britain's recent extreme weather and ask if future seasons will include ever harsher winters. Show more
Shipwrecks: Britain's Sunken History
Episode 2: A World Turned Upside Down
59 minutes
on BBC FourAvailable for years
Dr Sam Willis takes the story of shipwrecks into the Georgian age when Britain began to rule the waves and disasters at sea imperilled its trading power. Show more
Using actual radio footage, eyewitness testimony and memories of bereaved family members, the story of the 1981 Penlee lifeboat tragedy off the Cornish coast. First shown in 2006. Show more
Series exploring topical scientific issues. A look at the fledgling field of extraterrestrial meteorology, as technology allows astronomers to study other planets in new ways. Show more
Armed with his 1930s Bradshaw’s, Michael Portillo explores interwar East Anglia. Starting at Sutton Hoo, he visits the experimental Summerhill School and learns about the Kindertransport refugees. Show more
Fred Dibnah visits the North East, which is rich in railway history, and gets to ride on the footplate and stoke the boiler of a Black Five at Llangollen Railway. Show more
Physicist Dr Helen Czerski and meteorologist John Hammond examine Britain's recent extreme weather and ask if future seasons will include ever harsher winters. Show more
Art historian Kate Bryan explores the BBC archives to create a television history of a man who has become the embodiment of the 'tortured artist', Vincent Van Gogh. Show more
Programmes start at 7.00pm.
