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David 'Kid' Jensen presents chart hits of the week from Liquid Gold, Hot Chocolate, Elton John, Don McLean, Thin Lizzy, Roxy Music, Jermaine Jackson and Stiff Little Fingers. Show more

Sam Willis looks at how castles survived into the Tudor era. But these strategic seats of power had to become palaces to impress monarchs such as Elizabeth I. Show more

Naturalist Chris Packham is joined by two of his heroes - Jeremy Deller and George Monbiot - to discuss art, television and communing with a gorilla.

Film which uncovers the secret world of the most unlikely art forgers in history, a Lancashire family who conned the art world with fakes sold to museums, galleries and collectors. Show more

Series about the history of punk. England was rudely awoken when the Sex Pistols swore on primetime television and aligned itself against the establishment. Show more

Dr George McGavin examines the fascinating science of decay when a unique experiment involving a rotting kitchen and garden is captured over two months by time-lapse photography. Show more

Neil Shubin travels from America to the Arctic Circle to connect our lungs, arms, legs and hands to a prehistoric fish that crawled onto land 375 million years ago. Show more

Sam Willis looks at how castles survived into the Tudor era. But these strategic seats of power had to become palaces to impress monarchs such as Elizabeth I. Show more