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Louise Minchin explores how Dunham Massey stately home in Cheshire was turned into a hospital for injured British soldiers during WWI. Show more
Harlots, Housewives and Heroines: A 17th Century History for Girls
Episode 3: Act Three: At Work and At Play
1 hour
on BBC Four HD
Lucy Worsley looks at some remarkable women of the Restoration period, including actress Nell Gwyn, writer Aphra Behn and soldier Christian Davies. Show more
Dr Suzannah Lipscomb takes us back to Tudor times, when the newly emergent middle classes had money for luxuries and early consumer goods, many of which contained hidden dangers. Show more
Seminal spy drama series from 1982. Vladimir has two proofs, but Smiley has only found one. It was an erotic photograph of Otto Leipzig, the General's lieutenant. Show more
A trip back to the 1950s for a look at the wildest ever pop music in a film telling the stories of Bill Haley, Elvis, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis and Buddy Holly. Show more
What makes ordinary people commit extreme acts of violence? Michael Portillo investigates the dark side of human nature and discovers what it is like to inflict pain. Show more
A compilation of BBC performances by artists who lived and worked in California in the 1970s. Featuring Jackson Browne, Little Feat, Ry Cooder, Judee Sill and Bonnie Raitt. Show more
Film about the Polish daredevil war correspondent and author Ryszard Kapuscinski, a man who has been looking for the truths of human experience in the most dangerous places. Show more
Dr Suzannah Lipscomb takes us back to Tudor times, when the newly emergent middle classes had money for luxuries and early consumer goods, many of which contained hidden dangers. Show more
