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Paul Burnett presents the weekly pop chart show including performances from Quantum Jump, Chas and Dave, Sparks, Fischer-Z, Peaches and Herb, Voyager, Blondie and Hot Chocolate. Show more
Clydebuilt: The Ships That Made the Commonwealth
Episode 1: Cutty Sark
1 hour on BBC Four HD
Available for years
Documentary series in which David Hayman explores the stories of four ships built on the river Clyde. This first programme features the story of the Cutty Sark. Show more
How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears
Episode 2: Great Plains
59 minutes on BBC Four HD
Available for 5 months
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
Pubescent Roger Bartlesham comes of age in turbulent colonial India, when he is driven towards the most deplorable act known to the British army. Show more
Home movies tell the story of how, when steam started to disappear in the 1950s, volunteers were able to save some of the tracks and the engines that ran on them. Show more
Historical documentary series. Dr Thomas Asbridge examines the two figures who have come to embody Crusader war: Richard the Lionheart and Saladin. Show more
Paul Burnett presents the weekly pop chart show including performances from Quantum Jump, Chas and Dave, Sparks, Fischer-Z, Peaches and Herb, Voyager, Blondie and Hot Chocolate. Show more
Clydebuilt: The Ships That Made the Commonwealth
Episode 1: Cutty Sark
1 hour on BBC Four HD
Available for years
Documentary series in which David Hayman explores the stories of four ships built on the river Clyde. This first programme features the story of the Cutty Sark. Show more
How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears
Episode 2: Great Plains
59 minutes on BBC Four HD
Available for 5 months
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