Daily from 7.00pm.
Programmes start at 7.00pm.
Fred Dibnah travels Britain in a traction engine in search of engineering skills from a bygone age. Fred visits a pumping station with a triple expansion engine. Show more
Rugby legend Gareth Edwards and wife Maureen drive a steam train through the epic Dyfi Valley before picking up speed to try rally car driving in the first of their new adventures. Show more
Poet John Wedgwood Clarke explores the Red River in Cornwall. Despite being heavily polluted by centuries of tin mining, it is also home to some rare, beautiful and resilient wildlife. Show more
Michael Symmons Roberts explores the mythic afterlife of the 18th-century poet Thomas Chatterton, whose early death was immortalised by poets, painters and photographers. Show more
Simon Schama explores how the romantics created the secular cult of national belonging in their poetry, music and art, with enormous consequences for the modern world. Show more
Drama about 19th-century artists. Ruskin threatens to end his support unless Rossetti and Lizzie focus on art. Lizzie responds swiftly, but Rossetti struggles and starts an affair. Show more
Drama series about 19th-century artists. Rossetti and Lizzie return from their honeymoon, and Fred takes a chance when Annie Miller refuses Hunt's latest offer of marriage. Show more
The hunt for the origin of writing reveals the link between ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs and the letters we use every day. Show more
Fred Dibnah travels Britain in a traction engine in search of engineering skills from a bygone age. Fred visits a pumping station with a triple expansion engine. Show more
Rugby legend Gareth Edwards and wife Maureen drive a steam train through the epic Dyfi Valley before picking up speed to try rally car driving in the first of their new adventures. Show more
Michael Symmons Roberts explores the mythic afterlife of the 18th-century poet Thomas Chatterton, whose early death was immortalised by poets, painters and photographers. Show more
Simon Schama explores how the romantics created the secular cult of national belonging in their poetry, music and art, with enormous consequences for the modern world. Show more
Programmes start at 7.00pm.
