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The Secret History of Our Streets ' Series One
Episode 5 ' Arnold Circus
- 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 3 ' Caledonian Road
- Broadcast
- 2012 (59 mins)
The third episode features Caledonian Road, which starts next to Kings Cross station and heads north for over a mile. From its beginning, the street has been resolutely working class and when Charles Booth...
Masters of Money
Marx
- Broadcast
- 2012 (59 mins)
As the global financial crisis continues on its destructive path, one extraordinary idea is again being taken seriously: could Karl Marx be right? In Masters of Money produced in partnership with The Open...
Masters of Money
Hayek
- Broadcast
- 2012 (59 mins)
According to conventional wisdom, today’s global financial crisis happened because markets were not regulated enough. But what if the opposite is true? That it was excessive government meddling in the...
Masters of Money
Keynes
- Broadcast
- 2012 (59 mins)
Many argue only Winston Churchill had a greater impact on British life than John Maynard Keynes over the last century. In Masters of Money produced in partnership with The Open University, BBC Economics...
China on Four Wheels
Episode 1
- Broadcast
- 2012 (58 mins)
Anita Rani and Justin Rowlatt embark on two epic car journeys across China, navigating congested cities and winding mountain roads to explore how the country’s economic growth, symbolised by its booming...
China on Four Wheels
Episode 2
- Broadcast
- 2012 (59 mins)
Anita Rani and Justin Rowlatt continue their epic car journeys across China, heading for their final destination, the financial mega-city of Shanghai. Along the way they navigate congested cities and winding...
Andrew Marr’s History of the World
Episode 1 - Survival
- Broadcast
- 2012 (59 mins)
Starting with our origins in Africa 70,000 years ago, Marr traces the story of our nomadic ancestors as they spread out around the world and settled down to become the first farmers and townspeople. Marr...
Andrew Marr’s History of the World
Episode 2 - Age of Empire
- Broadcast
- 2012 (58 mins)
Andrew Marr tells the story of the first empires which laid the foundations for the modern world. From the Assyrian’s brutal King Sennacherib to the vast empire of Alexander the Great, conquerors rampaged...
Andrew Marr’s History of the World
Episode 3 - The Word and the Sword
- Broadcast
- 2012 (58 mins)
Andrew Marr plunges into the spiritual revolutions that shook the world between 300 BC and 700 AD. Through visiting Ashoka’s Vishali edict he sees how the bloody prince Ashoka of the Mauryan Empire...