BBC Four HD

Programmes start at 7.00pm.

Liz McIvor explores how the nation's canals were saved following years of postwar neglect, becoming places of tranquillity and popular for boating holidays.

Accompanied by the gentle soundscape of the great outdoors, Yorkshire peer Sayeeda Warsi takes time out from her political life to seek peace and calm in the Dales.

Historical epic starring Alec Guinness and Sophia Loren. After Marcus Aurelius is poisoned, his cruel son Commodus becomes emperor and quickly reveals a tyrannical streak.

Dirk Bogarde presents the story of Sir Alexander Korda's unfinished film I, Claudius. Featuring interviews with several of those involved and film footage from the original production.