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Featuring Nicole, Hot Chocolate, Yazoo, Monsoon, Rocky Sharpe & the Replays, Simple Minds, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Spandau Ballet, and Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder. Show more
Exploring how Britain's expanding rail network sparked a social revolution. How do you organise a network in a country of separate time zones and no recognised timetables? Show more
Fiona Bruce presents a word-based quiz where players not only have to know the answer, they have to find it in a hive of letters. Logophiles take on Variorum. Show more
Four British astronomers celebrate 50 years of work and friendship by going on a road trip through the southwestern United States to revisit some great observatories. Show more
Space scientist and lunar fanatic Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock explores people's intimate relationship with the Moon, a familiar presence in the sky that most take for granted. Show more
1984 edition in which James Burke looks at space exploration and exploitation. He begins by looking at the Apollo XI moon landing, before moving on to mankind's future space plans. Show more
Animals attempt to rear their offspring. A mother zebra must decide where to lead her young foal across the river. Show more
Passionate Darwinian David Attenborough, who sees evolution as the cornerstone of his television career, shares his personal views on Darwin's controversial idea. Show more
Featuring Nicole, Hot Chocolate, Yazoo, Monsoon, Rocky Sharpe & the Replays, Simple Minds, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Spandau Ballet, and Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder. Show more
Four British astronomers celebrate 50 years of work and friendship by going on a road trip through the southwestern United States to revisit some great observatories. Show more
