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Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One Wales HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Historian Deirdre Beddoe meets modern-day women working in jobs that were opened up to women during the war - in arming, feeding and policing the nation. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Dierdre Beddoe
Executive Producer:
John Geraint
Executive Producer:
Angela Holdsworth

Timewatch

2005-2006

Britain's Lost Colosseum

Duration: 49 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Tony Wilmott and Dan Garner lead us through three months of hard graft, excavating Britain's largest Roman amphitheatre in Chester, possibly built by Emperor Vespasian. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tony Wilmott
Presenter:
Dan Garner
Series Editor:
John Farren

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Dan Snow follows the making of the British Museum's biggest exhibition in a generation and tells the story of its subject, the first Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huangdi. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Dan Snow
Executive Producer:
Sam Organ

A Garden in Snowdonia

Episode 2: Bodnant Blooming

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Wales (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

A year in the life of the spectacular Bodnant Garden in north Wales. Head Gardener Troy Scott Smith and his team give Bodnant a facelift. Show more

Contributors

Producer:
Llinos Wynne
Executive Producer:
Deborah Perkin
Executive Producer:
Marian Wyn Jones

A Garden in Snowdonia

Episode 3: Bodnant at Risk

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Wales (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

A year in the life of Bodnant Garden in north Wales. Troy Scott Smith struggles to preserve one of the largest collection of rhododendrons in the country. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Deborah Perkin
Executive Producer:
Marian Wyn Jones

A Garden in Snowdonia

Episode 1: Bodnant Rising

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Wales (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

The story of a year in the life of Bodnant Garden in north Wales, and how it is being revamped with the aim of making it one of the top ten gardens in the world. Show more

Contributors

Producer:
Llinos Wynne
Executive Producer:
Deborah Perkin
Executive Producer:
Marian Wyn Jones

Quincy Jones: The Many Lives of Q

Episode 1: From the Jazz Age to Hollywood - 1933-1974

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

First of a two-part documentary about American jazz musician, composer, arranger, record producer and entrepreneur, Quincy Jones. Show more

Quincy Jones: The Many Lives of Q

Episode 2: From the King of Pop to Hip Hop: 1975-2008

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Documentary about jazz musician Quincy Jones, charting his recovery from a brain aneurysm to his production of Michael Jackson's Thriller. Show more

Battlefield Britain

The Battle for Wales

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Peter and Dan Snow revisit the battles that shaped our nation. They tell the story of when the Welsh, led by rebel leader Owain Glyndwr, last invaded England. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Peter Snow
Presenter:
Dan Snow

Woman's Hour

Zoologist Lucy Cooke; Film director Deborah Perkin; The perfect Pad Thai noodles.

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Zoologist Lucy Cooke on how she managed to popularise the sloth. Film director Deborah Perkin talks about her latest project and cook the perfect noodles with Mimi Aye. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Abuja Habiba Adamu
Interviewed Guest:
Deborah Perkin
Interviewed Guest:
Paula Bartley
Interviewed Guest:
Mari Takayanagi
Interviewed Guest:
Mimi Aye

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC History Channel

Available for years

Documentary about English Egyptologist Flinders Petrie. Ancient Egypt was vandalised by tomb raiders until one Victorian maverick pioneered modern field archaeology. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Chris Naunton
Executive Producer:
Christina Macaulay