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The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway - Series 4
Episode 2
- Broadcast
- 2019 (59 mins)
With exclusive access, this returning series follows the construction workers of Crossrail as they battle to finish the final stages of the new Elizabeth Line underground railway beneath the streets of...
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Leaders
- Broadcast
- 2019 (58 mins)
The 20th Century was a time of extraordinary change. One hundred years of progress which shaped not only the society of the day, but generations to come. A century of seismic shifts, that saw countless...
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Explorers
- Broadcast
- 2019 (59 mins)
The second in the ICONS series, Explorers is an hour-long documentary charting the story of Exploration in the 20th Century. Passionate about the subject since he was a child, tonight’s episode sees Dermot...
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Scientists
- Broadcast
- 2019 (58 mins)
This episode sees naturalist Chris Packham, who has spent his career studying the world around us, assess the lives of the 20th century’s greatest scientists. Chris will examine the lives of Marie Curie,...
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Activists
- Broadcast
- 2019 (58 mins)
Sanjeev Bhaskar explore the lives of the 20th century’s greatest activists, examining the lives of Emmeline Pankhurst, Mahatma Gandhi, Helen Keller and Martin Luther King Jr. He’ll assess the qualities...
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Live Final
- Broadcast
- 2019 (61 mins)
In this live final hosted by Claudia Winkleman and Nick Robinson, the celebrity advocates return to fight their winning icon’s case, and the public vote for the person they think was the greatest figure of...
8 Days to the Moon and Back
Episode 1
- Broadcast
- 2019 (88 mins)
8 days, 3 hours, 18 minutes, 35 seconds. That’s the total duration of the most important and celebrated space mission ever flown - Apollo 11 - when humans first set foot on the Moon. It was a journey that...
Rome Unpacked
Episode One - When in Rome
- Broadcast
- 2018 (58 mins)
Andrew Graham-Dixon and Giorgio Locatelli’s latest Italian adventure brings them to Rome in search of the greatest food and art that they can find off the beaten track. To really understand Rome you must...
Rome Unpacked
Episode Two - The Eternal City
- Broadcast
- 2018 (59 mins)
Andrew Graham-Dixon and Giorgio Locatelli’s latest Italian adventure brings them to Rome in search of the greatest food and art that they can find off the beaten track. Andrew Graham-Dixon and Giorgio...
Civilisations
Episode 1 - Second Moment of Creation
- Broadcast
- 2018 (59 mins)
The first film by Simon Schama in Civilisations looks at the formative role art and the creative imagination have played in the forging of humanity itself. The film opens with Simon’s passionate...