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Great British Railway Journeys

Series 10

Newry to Portadown

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for 5 months

Beginning in Newry, Michael Portillo finds a specially chartered train that would deliver demonstrators campaigning for Irish Home Rule to a rally in the town. Show more

Enslaved with Samuel L Jackson

Series 1

A Precious Cargo

Duration: 56 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Samuel L Jackson examines how, for over 400 years, the transatlantic slave trade became the greatest wealth-generating machine the world had known and the engine that drove the global economy. Show more

Duration: 51 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Documentary series about nature's resilience. Even the smallest species can impact an ecosystem. And when a species finds itself in the wrong place, it can have a devastating effect. Show more

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Exploring the science of heat, and how our ability to harness it has led to some of humanity's greatest innovations, from the steam engine to the power of plasmas. Show more

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Kate Humble is in the Arctic, where spring arrives with a bang. Helen Czerski chases a tornado to show how the earth's angle of tilt creates the most extreme weather on the planet. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kate Humble
Presenter:
Helen Czerski
Executive Producer:
Jonathan Renouf
Series Producer:
Stephen Marsh

Great British Railway Journeys

Series 10

Newry to Portadown

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for 5 months

Beginning in Newry, Michael Portillo finds a specially chartered train that would deliver demonstrators campaigning for Irish Home Rule to a rally in the town. Show more

Enslaved with Samuel L Jackson

Series 1

A Precious Cargo

Duration: 56 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Samuel L Jackson examines how, for over 400 years, the transatlantic slave trade became the greatest wealth-generating machine the world had known and the engine that drove the global economy. Show more

Duration: 51 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Documentary series about nature's resilience. Even the smallest species can impact an ecosystem. And when a species finds itself in the wrong place, it can have a devastating effect. Show more

BBC Four HD

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