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Iolo Williams explores the Brecon Beacons over the seasons. In spring, he finds a 300-year-old stone wall that reveals the history of the magnificent landscape. Show more

Alok Jha charts the history of weather forecasting. In the 1850s, driven to prevent sea disasters, meteorologist Robert Fitzroy issued Britain's first storm warnings. Show more

A Storyville documentary which combines footage of the US evacuation of Saigon (aka Operation Frequent Wind) in April 1975 with contemporary reflections from those who were there. Show more

David Reynolds re-examines the war leadership of American president Franklin Roosevelt, who inspired millions with stirring visions of a new and better postwar world. Show more

Art critic Alastair Sooke delves into the murky world of art theft. Despite the high stakes and daring involved, many of the crimes go unnoticed by the media. Show more

Waldemar Januszczak looks at the Vikings with their intricately-decorated long ships, and the Irish and Anglo-Saxons' manuscript illumination and jewellery. Show more

Andrew Graham-Dixon shows how the Low Countries rose again to become a cultural leader in the modern age, with artists like van Gogh, Mondrian and Magritte. Show more

Iolo Williams explores the Brecon Beacons over the seasons. In spring, he finds a 300-year-old stone wall that reveals the history of the magnificent landscape. Show more