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Peter Powell hosts performances by Billy Preston & Syreeta, Kurtis Blow, Madness, the Pretenders, Dr Hook, Paul McCartney, Pink Floyd and David Bowie. Dance sequence by Legs & Co. Show more
1980 saw a new generation of British pop arrive, while the show saw the TOTP orchestra laid off, the studio audience double, new sets built and a range of celebrity co-hosts. Show more
Dr Jago Cooper reassesses the achievements of the Inca Empire. He begins in Peru, where new evidence challenges preconceptions about its origins and significance. Show more
Maps: Power, Plunder and Possession
Episode 1: Windows on the World
58 minutes
on BBC Four HDAvailable for years
Jerry Brotton shows how maps can be tools of power and snapshots of history. Henry VIII's maps of the British coast helped him exert control over the world. Show more
Robert Plant discusses his musical journey from Stourbridge through the British blues boom and superstardom with Led Zeppelin in the 70s to 2010's Band of Joy album. Show more
1980 saw a new generation of British pop arrive, while the show saw the TOTP orchestra laid off, the studio audience double, new sets built and a range of celebrity co-hosts. Show more
Peter Powell hosts performances by Billy Preston & Syreeta, Kurtis Blow, Madness, the Pretenders, Dr Hook, Paul McCartney, Pink Floyd and David Bowie. Dance sequence by Legs & Co. Show more
Coldplay perform a selection of tracks from their back catalogue and their latest album Ghost Stories in front of a few hundred people at an intimate gig at the BBC Radio Theatre. Show more
Dr Jago Cooper reassesses the achievements of the Inca Empire. He begins in Peru, where new evidence challenges preconceptions about its origins and significance. Show more
