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  • Blood and Gold- The Making of Spain

    Conquest - Ep1

    Broadcast
    2015 (58 mins)

    This rich, dense and thrilling three part series, presented by Simon Sebag Montefiore takes the viewer through more than two thousand years of Spain’s history. This episode spans the early years when...

  • Blood and Gold- The Making of Spain

    Reconquest - Ep2

    Broadcast
    2015 (59 mins)

    Christianity in the North re-awakens, and one by one the Moslem states fall. Attempts are made by pious Islamic sects from North Africa to win back Spain. By the mid 15th century only the city-state of...

  • Blood and Gold- The Making of Spain

    Nation - Ep3

    Broadcast
    2015 (59 mins)

    Spain enters its Golden Age. King Philip II is a colossus on the European Stage, and for a time is King of England as well as Spain with his brief marriage to Queen Mary. With the power of Spain enhanced by...

  • 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...

  • Berlin

    Dangerous Ideas

    Broadcast
    2009 (58 mins)

    1/3. Matt FREI who was a BBC Correspondent in Berlin when the Wall fell in 1989 recalls that historic & symbolic moment & reflects on how ideologies have shaped, divided & formed the German city. Frederick...

  • Berlin

    Ruined Visions

    Broadcast
    2009 (59 mins)

    2/3 of documentary series pres by Matt FREI about the history of Berlin. He looks at Berlin’s architecture & finds imperial, Nazi & Communist buildings alongside the redevelopments that followed the fall...

  • Berlin

    Ich bin ein Berliner

    Broadcast
    2009 (59 mins)

    3/3 of documentary series pres by Matt FREI about the history of Berlin. Over the centuries, rulers of the city had welcomed French Huguenots & oppressed Jews, but Nazi Germany took as terrible toll. Kennedy...