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Series 1

Episode 2: British Bridges

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Danny Baker endeavours to present the definitive guide to Britain's bridges in 30 minutes, armed only with a few VHS tapes and some ham-fisted research. Buckle up!

Dangerous Earth

Episode 1: Avalanche

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Dr Helen Czerski looks at the anatomy of an avalanche, from eyewitness footage from within one to detailed CT scans showing the microscopic changes that cause them. Show more

Dangerous Earth

Episode 2: Volcano

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for 5 months

Dr Helen Czerski looks at volcanoes. New thermal imagery and ultra high-speed photography capture the complex processes crucial to understanding how and why they erupt. Show more

Simon explores Spain's golden age under Philip II through to the Spanish Civil War and dictatorship under Franco, from which it has emerged as a modern democratic monarchy. Show more

A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley

Episode 1: The New Taste for Blood

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Lucy Worsley investigates our curious relationship with killing, exploring notorious real-life crimes from the first half of the 19th century. Show more

She-Wolves: England's Early Queens

Episode 1: Matilda and Eleanor

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four HD

How Matilda almost became the first woman to be crowned queen of England in her own right, and how Eleanor of Aquitaine was more than the queen of courtly love. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Helen Castor
Producer:
Lucy Swingler
Director:
Lucy Swingler
Executive Producer:
Ross Wilson
Executive Producer:
Sam Anthony

Victoria looks at the earliest bohemian artists in post-revolutionary Paris and explores how its subculture took root in Britain through the eccentricities of the Pre-Raphaelites. Show more

Contributors

Production Company:
Wingspan Productions
Executive Producer:
Archie Baron
Executive Producer:
Deborah Lee
Producer:
Helena Braun
Director:
Helena Braun
Participant:
Maggi Hambling
Participant:
AA Gill
Participant:
Jonny Woo
Participant:
Will Self
Participant:
Lewis Henderson
Participant:
Grayson Perry
Participant:
Virginia Nicholson
Participant:
Stephen Fry
Participant:
Molly Parkin
Participant:
Tom Hodgkinson
Participant:
Richard Coles
Participant:
Pascal Monfort
Participant:
Stephen Calloway
Participant:
Alison Smith

Dangerous Earth

Episode 1: Avalanche

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Dr Helen Czerski looks at the anatomy of an avalanche, from eyewitness footage from within one to detailed CT scans showing the microscopic changes that cause them. Show more

Dangerous Earth

Episode 2: Volcano

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for 5 months

Dr Helen Czerski looks at volcanoes. New thermal imagery and ultra high-speed photography capture the complex processes crucial to understanding how and why they erupt. Show more

BBC Four HD

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