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Michael explores a secret port that ran the first train ferries to France carrying vital supplies during World War I and visits Walmer Castle. Show more

Following ex-Lord of the Dance member and Irish dance teacher Ronan Morgan as he lends his expertise to a new Irish dance school in Taiwan. Show more

Victoria Coren Mitchell presents the quiz show about making connections. A trio of Welsh learners take on a family team in the first of the semi-finals. Show more

Len Goodman discovers the golden age of ballroom. He visits its spiritual home of Blackpool, demonstrates steps with dancer Erin Boag and talks to dancers, singers and musicians. Show more

From the Tower of London to Hampton Court Palace, Dan Cruickshank reveals a story of buildings which cemented the monarch's claim to the throne. Show more

Dr James Fox explores how the arrival in Europe of lapis lazuli turned blue into an exotic colour. Artists began to use it to offer us glimpses of worlds beyond our own. Show more

Michael Mosley shows how the most power-hungry generation that has ever lived has harnessed its power from wind, steam and from inside the atom. Show more

Victoria Coren Mitchell presents the quiz show about making connections. A trio of Welsh learners take on a family team in the first of the semi-finals. Show more

Following ex-Lord of the Dance member and Irish dance teacher Ronan Morgan as he lends his expertise to a new Irish dance school in Taiwan. Show more

From the Tower of London to Hampton Court Palace, Dan Cruickshank reveals a story of buildings which cemented the monarch's claim to the throne. Show more

Len Goodman discovers the golden age of ballroom. He visits its spiritual home of Blackpool, demonstrates steps with dancer Erin Boag and talks to dancers, singers and musicians. Show more