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With exclusive behind-the-scenes access, seldom-seen footage from the archives, insights from admirers, experts and contemporaries including Tracey Emin, Michael Craig-Martin and Martin Freeman, and a revealing interview by Kirsty Wark, this is the story of a true visionary of British art. Bridget Riley has been challenging our perception through painting for over 60 years, with radical work that

In this first episode, art historian James Fox explores the art of the ancient world to reveal the story of our earliest relationships with nature. From the art of prehistoric hunters and the advent of agriculture and our first cities to the arrival the great faiths, including Hinduism and Christianity, James shows how we began to wrestle with our place in nature and tried to control the great for

Asia is the largest and most extreme continent on our planet, stretching from the Arctic Circle in the north to the tropical forests on the equator. The animals here face the hottest deserts, tallest jungles and highest mountains found anywhere on Earth. But the continent has not always looked like this. These extreme worlds were created when India collided with the rest of Asia 30 million years a

Dr Janina Ramirez follows the footsteps of some of the greatest archaeologists and explorers from the past who discovered incredible treasures from the ancient world. She travels around the world to visit the locations where these groundbreaking discoveries were made, offering a new understanding of the origins of civilisation. Ramirez takes the viewers on an amazing and unforgettable journey, fro

A series exploring some of the most fascinating coastal communities of Britain. Presented by archaeologist Ben Robinson, the series takes the viewer to picturesque locations which are rich in history and culture. These former fishing villages are increasingly attractive to holidaymakers, but looking into the past throws a light on significant events, as these places were medieval ports, important

Seasoned stomper Julia Bradbury dons her walking boots once again to explore her own British backyard, travelling along the country's network of canals and their accompanying towpath trails. Julia navigates Highland glens, rolling countryside and river valleys, as well as our industrial heartlands, and follows these magical waterways as they cut a sedate path through some of the country's finest s

The story revolves around Hyacinth Bucket, a housewife from a lower class whose only aim in life is to impress others with her etiquette and social skills and climb the social ladder. She is terrified that her background will be revealed one day, and goes above and beyond to hide it. She insists her inharmonious surname is pronounced Bouquet. All her attempts as a rule lead to awkward comic situat

Timothy Lumsden is a 40-something librarian, still living with his parents and under the thumb of his domineering mother Phyllis. Although Timothy has sporadic attempts at standing up for himself and abandoning his home in order to lead an independent life, all his attempts prove futile as his mother always stands in the way. It might be that the only force strong enough to break Timothy's bond wi

Hadrian's Wall cut a deep scar across Britain that would never be forgotten. A thousand years after the Romans left, the island split once again, near the line of the wall, into the Kingdoms of England and Scotland. Historian and MP Rory Stewart tells the story of how Britain was torn in two. The border country dividing Britain's lost Middleland became a zone of anarchy, as violent as border areas

With exclusive behind-the-scenes access, seldom-seen footage from the archives, insights from admirers, experts and contemporaries including Tracey Emin, Michael Craig-Martin and Martin Freeman, and a revealing interview by Kirsty Wark, this is the story of a true visionary of British art. Bridget Riley has been challenging our perception through painting for over 60 years, with radical work that

A series exploring some of the most fascinating coastal communities of Britain. Presented by archaeologist Ben Robinson, the series takes the viewer to picturesque locations which are rich in history and culture. These former fishing villages are increasingly attractive to holidaymakers, but looking into the past throws a light on significant events, as these places were medieval ports, important

Seasoned stomper Julia Bradbury dons her walking boots once again to explore her own British backyard, travelling along the country's network of canals and their accompanying towpath trails. Julia navigates Highland glens, rolling countryside and river valleys, as well as our industrial heartlands, and follows these magical waterways as they cut a sedate path through some of the country's finest s

A series exploring some of the most fascinating coastal communities of Britain. Presented by archaeologist Ben Robinson, the series takes the viewer to picturesque locations which are rich in history and culture. These former fishing villages are increasingly attractive to holidaymakers, but looking into the past throws a light on significant events, as these places were medieval ports, important

Seasoned stomper Julia Bradbury dons her walking boots once again and this time she is exploring her own British backyard travelling along the country's network of canals and their accompanying towpath trails. This sees her navigating Highland Glens, rolling countryside, river valleys as well as our industrial heartlands following these magical waterways as they cut a sedate path through some of t

Timeshift tells the story of how Britain's phone network was built. Incredibly, there was once a time when phones weren't pocket-sized wireless devices, but bulky objects wired into our homes and workplaces. Over the course of 100 years, engineers rolled out a communications network that joined up Britain – a web of more than 70 million miles of wire. Telephones were agents of commercial and socia

Professor Jim Al-Khalili tells the story of how we went from thinking we were close to a complete understanding of the universe to realising we had seen almost none of it. Today, our best estimate is that more than 99 per cent of the cosmos is hidden in the dark, invisible to our telescopes and beyond our comprehension. The first hints that there might be more out there than meets the eye emerged

A series exploring some of the most fascinating coastal communities of Britain. Presented by archaeologist Ben Robinson, the series takes the viewer to picturesque locations which are rich in history and culture. These former fishing villages are increasingly attractive to holidaymakers, but looking into the past throws a light on significant events, as these places were medieval ports, important

Seasoned stomper Julia Bradbury dons her walking boots once again and this time she is exploring her own British backyard travelling along the country's network of canals and their accompanying towpath trails. This sees her navigating Highland Glens, rolling countryside, river valleys as well as our industrial heartlands following these magical waterways as they cut a sedate path through some of t

A series that looks at the social and cultural changes incurred across Britain. A country small in size but vast in history, Britain has often been looked to as an inspiration, a trendsetter, for other countries across the world. Forever at the forefront of engineering and social improvements, Britain, much like the rest of the world, has seen monumental changes to its culture over the last centur

A series exploring some of the most fascinating coastal communities of Britain. Presented by archaeologist Ben Robinson, the series takes the viewer to picturesque locations which are rich in history and culture. These former fishing villages are increasingly attractive to holidaymakers, but looking into the past throws a light on significant events, as these places were medieval ports, important

Seasoned stomper Julia Bradbury dons her walking boots once again and this time she is exploring her own British backyard travelling along the country's network of canals and their accompanying towpath trails. This sees her navigating Highland Glens, rolling countryside, river valleys as well as our industrial heartlands following these magical waterways as they cut a sedate path through some of t

In the second of this three-part series, Professor Robert Bartlett explores the impact of the Norman conquest of Britain and Ireland. Bartlett shows how William the Conqueror imposed a new aristocracy, savagely cut down opposition and built scores of castles and cathedrals to intimidate and control. He also commissioned the Domesday Book, the greatest national survey of England that had ever been

College-Student Chris Taylor (Charlie Sheen) ist Baptist und Sohn aus gutem Hause. Einer wie er hat es eigentlich nicht nötig, sich freiwillig nach Vietnam zu melden. Chris aber tut es und erlebt, wie der Krieg die Menschen verroht.\n\nSeine Kompanie ist in zwei Lager gespalten. Der sadistische Sergeant Barnes (Tom Berenger) lässt Vietnamesen massakrieren. Der besonnene Sgt. Elias (Willem Dafoe)

März 1945: Die Spitzen der 9. US-Panzerdivision nähern sich der Brücke von Remagen, dem letzten unzerstörten Rheinübergang. Hitler ordnet die Sprengung an, doch Major Krüger (Robert Vaughn) verweigert den Befehl. Er will den deutschen Truppen nicht die Rückzugsmöglichkeit nehmen… \n\nDie Dreharbeiten in der CSSR wurden unterbrochen, als die einrückenden Sowjets den Prager Frühling zerschlugen. Ei