Anita Brookner on Art: 100 Great Paintings
Anita Brookner on Art: 100 Great Paintings
Anita Brookner shares her unique insights on works by the world's greatest painters. [S]
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The Lost World of Tibet
The Lost World of Tibet
Dan Cruickshank presents a documentary revealing the story of the Dalai Lama, his secret Himalayan kingdom and his exile, using eyewitness accounts and colour archive footage. [S]
Pubs, Ponds and Power: The Story of the Village
Pubs, Ponds and Power: The Story of the Village
Archaeologist Ben Robinson explores London, the ultimate 'city of villages', including a new breed of urban villages like Crouch End and Walthamstow. [S] [HD]
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Secrets of Bones
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Secrets of Bones
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2/6. Ben Garrod discovers how the skeleton has adapted for vertebrates to move on land in many ways and explores the role of the spine in both cheetahs and snakes. [S] [HD]
Timothy Spall: Back at Sea
Timothy Spall: Back at Sea
3/4. Timothy Spall and his wife Shane take their barge to three different countries and visit Rafe Spall on the Isle of Man. In Belfast, Tim visits one of his favourite pubs. [S,AD]
Echoes from Below: Exploring Britain's Caves
Echoes from Below: Exploring Britain's Caves
Documentary film that investigates the importance of caves throughout British history and heads inside the deepest shaft ever discovered in Britain - Titan. [S] [HD]
Building Sights
Building Sights
Artist Derek Jarman returns to his former art master's house in Wimborne, Dorset, which he helped to build. [S]
The Human Body: Secrets of your Life Revealed
The Human Body: Secrets of your Life Revealed
3/3. How we develop new skills, from riding a bike to learning to walk. [S,AD] [HD]
Schmoedipus: Play for Today
Schmoedipus: Play for Today
A strange young man turns up on Elizabeth's doorstep and makes a frightening claim. Dennis Potter's play starring Tim Curry, Anna Cropper and Bob Hoskins. [S]
Wild Swimming with Alice Roberts
Wild Swimming with Alice Roberts
Alice Roberts swims in cavernous plunge pools, languid rivers and underground lakes to examine the passion for wild water swimming, following the classic swimming text Waterlog. [S] [HD]
Bullets, Boots and Bandages: How to Really Win at War
Bullets, Boots and Bandages: How to Really Win at War
3/3. How generals have struggled to kit out their armies for battle. [S] [HD]