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Michael Portillo visits the forest of Compiegne to hear how, after four years of conflict, the Armistice was signed in a railway carriage. Show more

Documentary about the Tazara railroad in east Africa, built by the Chinese after independence but now in crisis with derailments and mechanical breakdowns happening daily. Show more

Dr Michael Mosley explores the bizarre and fascinating world of parasites by turning his body into a living laboratory and deliberately infesting himself with them. Show more

Portrait of John Wojtowicz, inspiration for Al Pacino's character in Dog Day Afternoon, who held a bank hostage to try and raise money for his lover's gender confirmation surgery. Show more

Alice Roberts looks through 45 years of Horizon archive material to see how science came to understand sex, strived to solve our problems with it and even helped us do it better. Show more

Comedy about a whistleblower and an internet pirate trapped in a London embassy. MI6 and the CIA join forces to try to get Dan out of the El Rican embassy. Show more

Sitcom originating from the Bob Servant books. Bob defends himself in court after a fracas with Hendo, but can he convince the jury of his innocence? Show more

Swedish detective series. The army is in Ystad all week for a training exercise, and Wallander is called to the site of a grim and premeditated double murder. Show more

Dr Michael Mosley explores the bizarre and fascinating world of parasites by turning his body into a living laboratory and deliberately infesting himself with them. Show more