Here are some tips from the past for the optimum sporting performance: warm up properly, try not to get injured, and absolutely no cheating allowed.
This is how they did IT in the olden days. Online dating, virtual assistants, spam mail - it's really nothing new. Show more
Come and join us for a night at the theatre, as we struggle with stage directions, imbibe at the bar, and come away with more than just a souvenir programme.
1920s rap, space opera and classical composers accused of espionage: our Time Travellers are getting tuneful in an episode devoted to music. Show more
Marvel at the lengths folk will go to in order to make their music heard, as we visit some of history's most memorable performance spaces. Show more
Relive those carefree days with Viking children's games and rebellious Roman students. Have youngsters really changed in 2000 years? Show more
Time Travellers
Ancient trees and forest virgins
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If you go down to the woods today... expect heavenly apparitions, blood sacrifice and a very eerie silence.
Tuck in to a smorgasbord of delights from our foodie forebears - cockney oysters and rotten shark meat, anyone? Show more
People, and elephants, are not always what they seem: Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough has a gallery of figures from history who, not always knowingly, managed to dupe others.
From the Arthurian legends of Cornwall to a saintly Viking in Orkney, join Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough as she adventures through time in search of gems of music history. Show more
Green nail varnish? Tick. Cycling knickerbockers? Tick. Pet giraffe? Tick. Join Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough as she delves into the weird worlds of four musical eccentrics. Show more
Can you solve these five bite-sized brainteasers from history - or guess the theme that unites them?
Time Travellers
Slave songs, pit songs, songs in dark times
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From the plantations of the new world to the pits of County Durham, join Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough as she discovers stories of the power of music in hard times. Show more
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Music and food: a match made in heaven
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Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough serves up a feast of sweet musical stories from across the British Isles for your delectation. If music be the food of love... dig in. Show more
Time Travellers
Carols, carouses, and ceasefires: Christmas special
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Carols in pubs, by railway tracks and on the Western Front: join Eleanor and her Time Travelling elves for this bumper Christmas edition. Show more
Don your Sou'wester and join Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough as our Time Travellers set sail to discover salty stories of music and musicians at sea. Oh, and there are sheep, too. Show more
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Five objects that tell the story of the River Thames
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Get your boots on and head down to the River Thames with mudlark Lara Maiklem, as she discovers the history of London hidden in mud.
Battles on ice, apocalyptic storms and a historical cloud craze. Show more
Take a look at some of history's finest collectors' pieces: some desirable, some throwaway, and some downright unusual.
It's time to get ready to face the world: apply your make-up, trim those whiskers and don those fishy angel wings. Show more