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Paul Murton follows in the footsteps of Scotland's first tourists. He enjoys the delights of a favourite Scots holiday destination -the Firth of Clyde. Show more

Dr Hannah Fry tells the story of the remarkable life of Ada Lovelace - a 19th-century countess whose work helped give rise to the modern era of computing. Show more

How television's telling of the Crusades has changed over the last 60 years and our interpretation of this medieval story has been influenced by modern political and social change. Show more

Dr Sam Willis takes the story of shipwrecks into the Georgian age when Britain began to rule the waves and disasters at sea imperilled its trading power. Show more

Lucy Worsley reveals that our obsession with royal bedrooms, births and succession is nothing new. The rise and fall of their beds reflects the changing fortunes of the monarchy. Show more

The story of Tsar Nicholas II's four daughters. As they grew up, the sisters attracted frenzied press attention and grew close to their parents' advisor Rasputin. Show more

Robert Winston explores the extraordinary transformation of the hospital from Victorian workhouse to modern centre of medicine. Show more

AN Wilson travels back to a landscape of beautiful houses and churches, beaches and seaside piers, where he reveals the life and work of poet and broadcaster Sir John Betjeman. Show more

How television's telling of the Crusades has changed over the last 60 years and our interpretation of this medieval story has been influenced by modern political and social change. Show more