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The first of eight programmes, based on the acclaimed Radio 4 series, looking at how history has shaped current news stories.
Michael Portillo reports on bitter Tory in-fighting in the 19th century, and explores how Disraeli managed to reunite his party. Also tonight, in a report to mark the 50th anniversary of Indian independence, Mark Urban asks why Kashmir chose to join India rather than Pakistan, and with August Bank Holiday approaching, the programme looks at seaside excursions earlier this century.
See This Week: page 7

Contributors

Reporter:
Michael Portillo
Reporter:
Mark Urban
Executive Producer:
Mark Wakefield
Editor:
Archie Baron
Editor:
Neil Cameron

Nick Nairn travels to the banks of the Tweed, where he discovers that eels taste a lot better than they look. He also goes on a duck shoot with a local ghillie who shows him how to make a traditional duck casserole with fennel and parsnip.
(First shown in BBC Scotland)

Contributors

Presenter/Chef:
Nick Nairn
Director:
Graham Strong
Producer:
Ed Booth

In 1926 the pilots of the first commercial flights over Peru reported strange sightings in the Nazca desert. Stretched out below them were giant geometric designs too vast to be appreciated from the ground. In the years since, varied explanations have been offered, from burial rituals of a lost civilisation to extraterrestrial visitation. The programme follows archeologist Dr Tony Spawforth as he mounts an expedition to the area, and reveals new and fascinating interpretations about the lines' meaning.
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See This Week: page 9

Contributors

Subject:
Dr Tony Spawforth
Director/Producer:
Chris Mann

Artist Damien Hirst enjoys the juxtaposition of life and death at the Worsley Medical Building in Leeds where, as a student, he used to do anatomical drawings.
(Repeat) (Stereo)

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Contributors

Presenter:
Damien Hirst
Director:
Paul Tickell

Open University
12.30am "We the Peoples" - Democracy and the UN
(Stereo)
1.00 Autism
(Rpt)
1.30 Me -a Student?

Summer Nights
2.00 Music Maestro Essentials

Languages
4.00 The French Experience 1: 17-20

Business and Work
5.00 The Small Business Programme; Twenty Steps to Better Management - the Drama

Open University
6.00 Changing Berlin - Changing Europe
(Rpt)
6.25 Berlin - Unemployment and the Family
6.50-7.15am The Eurovision Song Contest - Counting the Cost
(Stereo)

BBC Two England

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