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Ben Robinson uncovers the story of Cromford, a Derbyshire village at the heart of industrialist Sir Richard Arkwright's mechanised cotton mills and a textile revolution. Show more
Alice Roberts investigates how humans may have reached North and South America, looking at routes across the Canadian ice sheet and from Australia across the Pacific. Show more
Documentary series. In her final journey of the series, Kate Humble travels deep into the Gobi Desert to live with an extended family of cashmere goat and yak herders. Show more
James May pilots one of the best kept secrets of the Cold War in Russia and then heads to the US to fly the world's only surviving flying car. Show more
Dr James Fox tells the story of Paris in 1928, where talents like Magritte, Dali, Bunuel, Hemingway, Gershwin, Josephine Baker, Cole Porter and Le Corbusier flourished. Show more
Modern British architects such as Richard Rogers, Terry Farrell and Norman Foster reveal the stories behind some of their most famous creations of the 1980s. Show more
Majesty and Mortar: Britain's Great Palaces
Episode 2: Inventing a National Style
1 hour
on BBC Four HD
Dan Cruickshank charts the arrival of a new style of palace, as British monarchs demanded that architecture proclaim their right to rule. Show more
Alice Roberts investigates how humans may have reached North and South America, looking at routes across the Canadian ice sheet and from Australia across the Pacific. Show more
Documentary series. In her final journey of the series, Kate Humble travels deep into the Gobi Desert to live with an extended family of cashmere goat and yak herders. Show more
Programmes start at 7.00pm.
