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Divine Women
Episode 2 - Handmaids of the Gods
- Broadcast
- 2012 (58 mins)
Award winning historian Bettany Hughes continues her journey into the hidden and controversial history of women’s place in religion. This week she uncovers the lost era of the priestess. She delves into...
Divine Women
Episode 3 - The War of the Word
- Broadcast
- 2012 (59 mins)
Award winning historian Bettany Hughes discovers how the period known as the Dark Ages was in fact a golden age for a few remarkable women. She finds that education and the written word became vital tools...
The Story of Wales
Episode One: The Makings of Wales
- Broadcast
- 2012 (60 mins)
We begin with a modern maternity hospital, Paviland and a big statement of intent for the whole series. Then we explore our Celtic (or is it?) pre-history. We show the huge scale of maritime trade and the...
The Story of Wales
Episode Two - Power Struggles
- Broadcast
- 2012 (59 mins)
This second episode drives us through from the formation of the major Welsh kingdoms to the defeat of Owain Glyndwr. The Welsh are under attack from Vikings and Saxons, constantly realigning and making...
The Story of Wales
Episode Three - England and Wales
- Broadcast
- 2012 (59 mins)
We begin with a fallen crown caught on a thorn bush in a bloody battlefield. The English throne is ours. We trace the fortunes of the Tudors of Penmynydd. They do important things for and to Wales. Henry...
The Story of Wales
Episode Four - Furnace of Change
- Broadcast
- 2012 (59 mins)
It’s one of the most remarkable comebacks in British history. Wales is transformed from a backwater into a cauldron of economic and political activity. The country is energised and enriched. The process is...
The Story of Wales
Episode Five - A New Beginning
- Broadcast
- 2012 (59 mins)
From the 1860s to the Second World War, Wales is shaped into the country of popular memory. We begin with Liberal Wales, Welsh-speaking, chapel-going. Progress, education is on the agenda. The people’s...
The Story of Wales
Episode Six - Wales and Britain
- Broadcast
- 2012 (60 mins)
This episode takes us through our most recent history, from our enthusiastic participation in the creation of a modern British Welfare State and the economic boom of the 40s and 50s; through the rise of...
The Secret History of Our Streets ' Series One
Episode 6 ' Reverdy Road
- Broadcast
- 2012 (59 mins)
Charles Booth’s vast 1886 Survey of London ranks each one of London streets according to the class of their residents. Now in a major series for BBC Two, The Secret History of Our Streets returns to six...
The Secret History of Our Streets ' Series One
Episode 1 ' Deptford High Street
- Broadcast
- 2012 (59 mins)
In 1886 Charles Booth embarked on an ambitious plan to visit every one of London’s streets to record the social conditions of residents. His project took him 17 years. Once he had finished he had...