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Michael Portillo’s Scottish railway journey reaches Aberdeen, from which he heads to the wild and beautiful Forvie National Nature Reserve and Scotland's most easterly town, Peterhead. Show more

Professor Ben Garrod reveals how skin protects vertebrates from extremes of temperature, the harmful effect of UV and a host of living organisms that want to get in. Show more

Sona Datta looks at the Mughals, who created the most dazzling empire India has ever seen, from the Taj Mahal to intricate miniatures of court life. Show more

Film documenting the stories of Samuel Willenberg and Kalman Taigman, two slave labourers who escaped from Treblinka extermination camp in a dramatic revolt in August 1943. Show more

Tair Rada is found dead inside a locked toilet stall at her school. The police are under heavy pressure to find her murderer, and a suspect is arrested.

Roman Zadorov retracts his confession, claiming he was coerced into it by the detectives. A month after his arrest, the trial for Tair Rada’s murder begins.

Gabriel Weston explores the history and development of forensic science. The first episode looks at the difficulty of identifying the body in a murder case. Show more

Jacob Bronowski discovers the origins of science in the interaction of hand and brain, by which man uncovers the laws of nature through building, architecture and sculpture. Show more

Jacob Bronowski explores the roots of chemistry, from the techniques of ancient metallurgy in China and Japan to the mystical searchings of the alchemists. Show more

Michael Portillo’s Scottish railway journey reaches Aberdeen, from which he heads to the wild and beautiful Forvie National Nature Reserve and Scotland's most easterly town, Peterhead. Show more

Sona Datta looks at the Mughals, who created the most dazzling empire India has ever seen, from the Taj Mahal to intricate miniatures of court life. Show more

Programmes start at 7.00pm.