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Steve Wright presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 7 February 1980 and featuring The Tourists, The Chords, The Selecter, AC/DC, The Buggles and The Specials. Show more
Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines
Episode 1: Pain
1 hour
on BBC Four HDAvailable for years
Medical history series. Michael Mosley discovers what pain is and how we were able to control it with the discovery of morphine at the beginning of the 19th century. Show more
Dr Janina Ramirez begins her series by exploring how monasteries evolved from a cult of isolation and self-deprivation into powerhouses of Anglo-Saxon art, industry and learning. Show more
Using years of BBC history archive film, Dr Alice Roberts explores how our views and understanding of Roman Britain have changed and evolved over the decades. Show more
Professor Alice Roberts and archaeologist Matt Williams present 2014's most outstanding archaeology from the north of Britain, including a 5,000-year-old temple in Orkney. Show more
Steve Wright presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 7 February 1980 and featuring The Tourists, The Chords, The Selecter, AC/DC, The Buggles and The Specials. Show more
Performances from ELO, T-Rex, 10cc, Alvin Stardust, Mott the Hoople and Meatloaf that owed a debt to the rock 'n' roll of the 1950s. Show more
Swedish detective series. When an abandoned baby is found in a car, Kurt Wallander oversees a large operation to find the missing father. Show more
Dr Janina Ramirez begins her series by exploring how monasteries evolved from a cult of isolation and self-deprivation into powerhouses of Anglo-Saxon art, industry and learning. Show more
