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The Secret History of Our Streets ' Series Two
Episode 3 ' The Fittie Squares, Aberdeen
- Broadcast
- 2014 (59 mins)
At the mouth of Aberdeen Harbour lie the Fittie Squares, a model housing scheme built for fishermen and their families in 1809. Tethered to the sea and cut off from the city the squares developed their own...
The Brits Who Built the Modern World
Ep3 - The Politics of Power
- Broadcast
- 2014 (59 mins)
The story of how an exceptional generation of British architects, led by Norman Foster and Richard Rogers, conquered the globe with their high tech vision. This third episode focuses on the period from the...
The Brits Who Built the Modern World
Ep2 - The Power of the Past
- Broadcast
- 2014 (58 mins)
The story of how an exceptional generation of British architects, led by Norman Foster and Richard Rogers, conquered the globe with their high tech vision. This second episode of the series focuses on the...
The Brits Who Built the Modern World
Ep1 - Freedom of the Future
- Broadcast
- 2014 (59 mins)
The story of how an exceptional generation of British architects, led by Norman Foster and Richard Rogers, conquered the globe with their high tech vision. This first episode of the series incudes glimpses...
Ancient Greece: The Greatest Show on Earth
Episode 3 - Romans
- Broadcast
- 2013 (59 mins)
In Episode 3 of ‘Ancient Greece: The Greatest Show on Earth’ classicist, Dr Michael Scott examines the vital role played by the Romans in the preservation of Greek drama and in the history of theatre. He...
Ancient Greece: The Greatest Show on Earth
Episode 2 - Kings
- Broadcast
- 2013 (59 mins)
In Episode 2 of ‘Ancient Greece: The Greatest Show on Earth’ classicist, Dr Michael Scott looks at the dramatic decline of Athens and the remarkable triumph and transformation of theatre. During the...
Ancient Greece: The Greatest Show on Earth
Episode 1 - Democrats
- Broadcast
- 2013 (59 mins)
In Episode 1 of ‘Ancient Greece: The Greatest Show on Earth’ classicist, Dr Michael Scott journeys to Athens to explore how drama first began. He discovers that from the very start it was about more than...
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...
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...