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  • The Secret Life of Children’s Books

    Water Babies - Ep2

    Broadcast
    2016 (29 mins)

    Written in 1862 by the Reverend Charles Kingsley, The Water Babies tells the story of a young chimney sweep called Tom who finds redemption amongst the pulsing life of the open ocean when he is transformed...

  • Full Steam Ahead

    Full Steam Ahead - Ep1

    Broadcast
    2016 (59 mins)

    It’s Full Steam Ahead for historians Ruth Goodman, Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn as they bring back to life the golden age of steam and explore how the Victorian railways created modern Britain. The...

  • Full Steam Ahead

    Full Steam Ahead - Ep2

    Broadcast
    2016 (59 mins)

    It’s Full Steam Ahead for historians Ruth Goodman, Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn as they bring back to life the golden age of steam and explore how the Victorian railways created modern Britain. In this...

  • Full Steam Ahead

    Full Steam Ahead - Ep3

    Broadcast
    2016 (59 mins)

    It’s Full Steam Ahead for historians Ruth Goodman, Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn as they bring back to life the golden age of steam and explore how the Victorian railways created modern Britain. This week...

  • Full Steam Ahead

    Full Steam Ahead - Ep4

    Broadcast
    2016 (59 mins)

    It’s Full Steam Ahead for historians Ruth Goodman, Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn as they bring back to life the golden age of steam and explore how the Victorian railways created modern Britain. At the...

  • Full Steam Ahead

    Full Steam Ahead - Ep5

    Broadcast
    2016 (59 mins)

    It’s Full Steam Ahead for historians Ruth Goodman, Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn as they bring back to life the golden age of steam and explore how the Victorian railways created modern Britain. In this...

  • Full Steam Ahead

    Full Steam Ahead - Ep6

    Broadcast
    2016 (59 mins)

    It’s Full Steam Ahead for historians Ruth Goodman, Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn as they bring back to life the golden age of steam and explore how the Victorian railways created modern Britain. In the...

  • Scotland and the Battle for Britain

    Scotland and the Battle for Britain - Ep1

    Broadcast
    2016 (58 mins)

    Andrew Marr discovers why the Scotland he was born in has changed so much politically. Scotland today feels very different to the country Andrew experienced growing up. It’s become more left-wing, less...

  • Scotland and the Battle for Britain

    Scotland and the Battle for Britain - Ep2

    Broadcast
    2016 (58 mins)

    Exactly two years ago Scotland held a referendum, in which people voted No to Scottish independence. This year, the whole of the UK voted in the EU referendum and a narrow majority voted to Brexit. Andrew...

  • To Walk Invisible

    To Walk Invisible

    Broadcast
    2016 (119 mins)

    Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte face a bleak future, with their father half-blind and troubled brother Branwell in decline. As their situation worsens, Charlotte sees that writing could offer a way out....