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- 1988–19938.2 (5)TV Episode
- 1994– Not Rated7.6 (5)TV Episode
- A tourist attraction since at least the Elizabethan Period, the Tower of London is London's oldest tourism hot spot. One of the most popular attractions in England, the Tower welcomes a variety of interesting guests from around the world.
- The carnage and bloodshed of the Tower's history is the subject of this chapter, documenting the horror that has occurred both inside and outside the Tower through the centuries. This is the story of execution and murder at the Tower.
- This final episode of the series looks at the history of those who've served as Constable of the Tower, historically a position which came with heavy burdens and considerable responsibilities, but also had lucrative perks.
- 2002–20171h7.2 (5)TV Episode
- Europeans searching for the source of the Nile found these two kingdoms in the 1860s. Only they didn't know the history of the two rivals.
- Three houses are reconstructed to the way they would have been in the early 1900s. House #1 is a four story home at the height of upper class luxury with five servants, electricity, and a boiler for hot water. House #2 is an average middle class home with 7 rooms and running water but no electricity. The last is a two room "typical working class dwelling" with only one bedroom and no bathroom where each member of the family must work manual labor all day. Three modern day families each live in one for a week, determined by the status of their own Edwardian ancestors.
- In the 1960's, the baby boomers, just reaching adulthood, increasingly factor into the propaganda battle of the Cold War. Although physical barriers, most notably the Berlin Wall, keep each side isolated from the other, they can't stop such items such as American and British rock music from crossing over, as hard as the Communists try forging their own brand of pop rock music with political messaging. In the space race, the Soviets clearly are winning the battle, with both sides trying to do whatever in space first, until President Kennedy makes a bold move which may ultimately put the west ahead if he and the Americans can achieve his proclamation. On the ground, both sides take a major hit internally with their propaganda machines, the US with the release of photos from one of their own about a massacre of civilians in Vietnam, and the Soviet Union with their actions to the Prague Spring and what the young activists in Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union do in response. In the 1970's, much of the battle returns to the realm of the cultural - most specifically sports - with the Olympics, and the Canada-Russia summit series being two such examples. But the most dramatic of these sporting battles may be the Fischer/Spassky world championship chess competition.
- Originating in ancient India in the 4th century, these dreamlike tales were transmitted orally as far as Persia, then translated and enriched by Arab merchants, before undergoing other influences. The French orientalist Antoine Galland (1646-1715) was the first European to translate the mysterious collection, triggering a veritable craze for these tales, with The Thousand and One Nights becoming the most widely read text after the Bible. The hero Aladdin, in particular, enjoyed a particular and enduring popularity. Yet many people are unaware that neither Aladdin or the Wonderful Lamp, Sinbad the Sailor nor Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves were part of the original version. For centuries, scholars have tried in vain to trace the origins of these orphan stories. The fortuitous discovery of a manuscript in the Vatican Apostolic Library, however, has enabled us to trace their authorship in part: these are extracts from the Memoirs of the Syrian Christian Hanna Dyâb, born in Aleppo in 1688, who in 1709, during a trip to Paris, told some of the tales to Antoine Galland.
- There is no doubt that the bible spells trouble for women. Some parts are absolutely ripe with sexism and misogyny. However, historian Bettany Hughes preposes that it is actually very interesting what happened to women in the bible, and that it marked a turning point in the history of the gender.
- In the 1700's, the age of Commerce produced a new 'middle' class with new ant-puritan pleasure and novelty, a Golden Age in painting, and hero burial of Horatio Nelson, a commoner, at the St Paul's Cathedral.
- Host Don Wildman explores Buckingham Palace. He delves into the salacious tale of a beloved monarch's forbidden romance, examines the methods of a brazen intruder, and examines treasonous acts of an adviser to the Queen.
- A look at the things considered synonymous with a traditional British Sunday.
- A look at how different the US attitude to war is from what outsiders assume it to be.
- Irish ex-con Jerry Adams has always tried his hardest to incorporate Jesus into his life. Sometimes he was more successful than others. But now, he wants to know more about Jesus the man, not just Jesus the son of God.
- This takes a look at one of the most famous or infamous dark African kingdoms. It re-examines the rule of King Shaka and its relationships with the British and Boers.
- A special episode studying the effects and aftermath of the 2010 eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland, and whether it could happen again.
- Sam Willis explores how, by the Wars of the Roses, castles were under attack from a new threat - the cannon - but survived into the Tudor era only to find their whole purpose challenged. What had once been strategic seats of power now had to keep up with the fickle fashions of the court and become palaces to impress monarchs such as Elizabeth I. Just as castles seemed to have lost their defensive function, the English Civil War erupted. The legacy of that tumultuous period resulted in castles no longer being associated with protection. Rather, their ruins took on a unique appeal, embodying a nostalgia for an age of chivalry that became a powerful part of the national psyche.
- Prof Richard Clay explores how Utopian visions start as blueprints for a fairer world and asks if they can lead to real change. He argues that such visions have been a way of criticising the present.
- How the Christian faith has effected scientific inquiry through the last 500 years and how science has effected the Christian faith.
- Europe north of the Alps is extremely rich in worthy gardens, so Monty makes a personal choice of one he's dying to see either the first time or again, representing a broad spectrum. In England, Oxfordshire's Rousham landscape park, all about wide spaces and green, contrasts gloriously with Kent's borders paradise Sissinghurst. In France, the Loire château Andreville's enormous geometrical garden is balanced by Monet's flower beds and waterlily ponds. In Antwerp, landscape architect Jacques Wirtz privately enjoys his 'stock nursery'. In Holland, stadholder and later English king William's royal castle Het Loo's forest-conquered model of Duch husbandry is countered by a modern designer's focus on durability. Finally to Norway's Tromsoö island botanical garden of Alpine plants, a surprisingly abundant summer paradise thanks to the Gulf stream.
- (AD 43-1066) - For a thousand years, from Emperor Claudius to William the Conqueror, the British Isles were defined by invasion, each successive wave bringing something new to the mix. The Romans brought figurative art, the Anglo-Saxons epic poetry, the Normans monumental architecture. David Dimbleby travels throughout Britain and beyond - to France, Italy and Turkey - in search of the greatest creations of the age.
- From the Henry VIII's accession in 1509 to the last play of Shakespeare's Henry VIII, the Tudors dynasty used reformation, art, seamanship, and propaganda to the most powerful World empire.
- Of all the characters in the bible, Abraham is the most predominant. From him the three largest religions in the world arose. Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. But rather than setting a foundation for peace among them, each religion claims Abraham as their own. Host Rageh Omaar wants to discover who Abraham was, and whether or not he his the key to peace among the masses.
- Dan explores the ups and downs of a climactic 19th century in naval and British history. Rapacious and ruthless, the Navy used 'gunboat diplomacy' to push British interest further afield than ever before, the control of the sea was the key to Britain's growing wealth...
- 201048m9.2 (8)TV EpisodeA second generation of British scientists includes the son of a boat builder, a charismatic risk-taker, an unsung botanist pioneer, and the visionary who kick-started the Industrial Revolution by perfecting the steam engine.
- Something weird seems to be happening to our weather - it appears to be getting more extreme. Horizon follows the scientists who are trying to understand what's been happening to our weather and investigates if these extremes are a taste of what is to come.
- Timeshift reveals the history of the frozen continent, finding out why the most inhospitable place on the planet has exerted such a powerful hold on the imagination of explorers, scientists, writers and photographers.
- 2013–201543mTV-PG8.1 (8)TV EpisodeHost Don Wildman visits a 27-acre island one mile from Lower Manhattan , examines a mysterious set of stones, and heads to a legendary 300-year-old fortress.
- 2013–201543mTV-PG7.8 (8)TV EpisodeDon Wildman examines a strange pyramid, visits a statue that commemorates a love story, and explores an island nicknamed for a California serial killer.
- The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures are annual lectures by the Royal Institution presenting scientific subjects the general public in an entertaining manner (since 1825), this series was broadcast by Channel 4 from 2000-2004.
- 201048m8.9 (9)TV EpisodeScience came of age by the early 19th century, propelling Britain to the future with communications delivered at the tap of a finger, electrical power and light conjured from trial and error, focused experiments, and just-discovered equations.
- New discoveries are casting the Vikings in a new light. Not just the bloodthirsty pagans waging pitched battle and raids, Scandanavian settlements in England reveal the Vikings brought culture and commerce, as well.