In this episode, Michael meets a Monty Python superfan in Japan and faces travel obstacles in South Korea Show more

Michael Palin enters China by boat from Korea. He visits the cities of Qingdao and Shanghai and takes a local steamer down the Yangtze. Show more

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David Olusoga explores the relationship between Britain and people whose origins lie in Africa. David uncovers a history that is as surprising as it is revealing. Show more

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Michael Palin visits Hanoi, takes a sampan on the Perfume River, witnesses psychic surgery, travels to the Cu Chi tunnels but fails to see the Banaue rice terraces. Show more

From the Philippines, Michael Palin crosses the Sulu Sea in a leaky ferry. He travels on through the Borneo jungle to Java, where he climbs a volcano. Show more

Michael Palin reaches Australia, where his activities include a cameo role in Home and Away. He also looks for sperm whales in New Zealand's icy waters.

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Shirley Ballas investigates a family story that her maternal great-grandmother abandoned her husband and children for a more exciting life in America. Show more

DJ, presenter and former member of boy band JLS, Marvin Humes looks at his Jamaican and his English heritage, finding exceptional stories on both sides of the family. Show more

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In part three of this groundbreaking series, historian David Olusoga explores the Victorian moral crusade against slavery. Show more

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Michael Palin lands on Cape Horn, parties on Chile, visits Santiago, the Juan Fernandez Islands and La Paz, and crosses the Andes by a train that is derailed. Show more

Michael Palin takes a reed boat on Lake Titicaca in the Andes before embarking on a 1,000-mile journey along the Urubamba river to the Amazon. Show more

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Tracing the origins of Egypt's unique visual style, Alastair Sooke treks across the Sahara and travels the Nile to find the rarely seen art of its earliest peoples. Show more

Alastair Sooke picks treasures from Ancient Egyptian art's most opulent and glittering moment, and explores architectural wonders, exquisite tombs and a lost city. Show more

Alastair Sooke concludes the story of Egyptian art by looking at how, despite political decline, the final era of Egypt's empire saw its art enjoy revival and rebirth. Show more

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Robert 'Judge' Rinder follows the story of his grandfather, a Holocaust survivor, as well as investigating the dark mystery surrounding his great-grandfather. Show more

Celebrity genealogy series. Paralympic gold medal winner Jonnie Peacock looks back through the generations and ends up captivated by his four-times-great-grandmother. Show more

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From a canoe in the Peruvian rainforest, Michael Palin visits Machiguenga Indian villages in one of remotest spots on planet. He then he sails down Amazon on a restored riverboat. Show more

Michael Palin travels from Mexico City to the Diomede Islands where his trek began. He meets illegal immigrants in Mexico, cruises San Francisco's gay scene and visits Alcatraz. Show more

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Series in which Alastair Sooke explores Greek art. He begins his journey in Crete at the palace of Knossos, and travels to Santorini to the 'Greek Pompeii'. Show more

Alastair Sooke unpicks the reasons behind the dazzling revolution that gave birth to classical Greek art, asking how the Greeks got so good so quickly. Show more

Filming in Italy, Germany, France and Britain, Alastair Sooke explores the extraordinary afterlife of Greek masterpieces that changed the course of western culture. Show more

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Actor Daniel Radcliffe discovers that the Hatton Garden robbery of his great-grandfather’s jewellery business was far more dark and dramatic than he ever imagined. Show more

Tracing the origins of Egypt's unique visual style, Alastair Sooke treks across the Sahara and travels the Nile to find the rarely seen art of its earliest peoples. Show more

Alastair Sooke picks treasures from Ancient Egyptian art's most opulent and glittering moment, and explores architectural wonders, exquisite tombs and a lost city. Show more

Alastair Sooke concludes the story of Egyptian art by looking at how, despite political decline, the final era of Egypt's empire saw its art enjoy revival and rebirth. Show more

This family loves Casualty, News, Sport and the odd murder show!

Series in which Alastair Sooke explores Greek art. He begins his journey in Crete at the palace of Knossos, and travels to Santorini to the 'Greek Pompeii'. Show more