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  • Commonwealth on Film

    Episode 2 - Childhood

    Broadcast
    2014 (29 mins)

    From Trinidad to Australia, Kenya to Barbados, Canada, India and beyond, over the decades film-makers have captured the rich diversity of the Commonwealth. For more than 8 decades the Commonwealth of...

  • Commonwealth on Film

    Episode 3 - Home

    Broadcast
    2014 (29 mins)

    From Trinidad to Australia, Kenya to Barbados, Canada, India and beyond, over the decades film-makers have captured the rich diversity of the Commonwealth. For more than 8 decades the Commonwealth of...

  • Commonwealth on Film

    Episode 4 - Free Time

    Broadcast
    2014 (29 mins)

    From Trinidad to Australia, Kenya to Barbados, Canada, India and beyond, over the decades film-makers have captured the rich diversity of the Commonwealth. For more than 8 decades the Commonwealth of...

  • Everyday Miracles - The Genius of Sofas, Stockings and Scanners

    Home

    Broadcast
    2014 (57 mins)

    Today, we all live like kings and queens! Our homes are comfortable pleasure palaces, filled with comfortable furniture, countless electronic gadgets and labour saving devices. There is light and heat at the...

  • Everyday Miracles - The Genius of Sofas, Stockings and Scanners

    Away

    Broadcast
    2014 (58 mins)

    New materials have produced the everyday materials that have transformed our lives at home, but they’ve also had a huge impact on our ability to get around and explore our planet and even our universe. We...

  • Paul O’Grady’s Working Britain

    Episode One

    Broadcast
    2013 (59 mins)

    The working class worked. It’s right there on the tin. From the dark days of the industrial revolution to the hairnets and rubber gloves of the factory line, it was the workers that made Britain great. But...

  • Paul O’Grady’s Working Britain

    Episode Two

    Broadcast
    2013 (58 mins)

    Work may have been at the heart of working class life, but once we clocked off- whoa, it was a different world! From the streets where we lived, to our holidays, not to mention our nights on the town, this...

  • Divine Women

    Episode 1 - When God Was A Girl

    Broadcast
    2012 (59 mins)

    In this three part series historian, Bettany Hughes sets out on an epic journey across continents and back in time to trace the hidden and, often controversial, history of women in religion. From Ancient...

  • 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...