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A History of Christianity
Episode 5 - Protestantism: The Evangelical Explosion
- Broadcast
- 2009 (59 mins)
5/6 documentary series presented by Professor Diarmaid Macculloch on the history of Christianity. Professor Macculloch traces the growth of evangelical protestantism from Germany to South Korea
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The Wreckers
- Broadcast
- 2008 (49 mins)
In January 2007 the MSC Napoli ran aground, spilling its cargo on a Devon beach. The looters of the Napoli were reviving a tradition stretching back centuries - wrecking.
Timewatch
The Pharoah’s Lost City
- Broadcast
- 2008 (50 mins)
Timewatch reveals new evidence based on cutting edge forensic research about what rebel Pharaoh Akhenaten was really like. Was he a benign leader or a ruthless despot?
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The Greatest Knight
- Broadcast
- 2008 (50 mins)
Military historian Dr Saul David journeys into the world of the champion of the medieval melee tournament, William Marshal, training as he did, trying out his weapons & charting his rise to Regent of England.
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Bloody Omaha
- Broadcast
- 2008 (58 mins)
Richard Hammond tells the remarkable true story of the D-Day landing at Omaha Beach in Normandy on 6th June 1944. Widely regarded as a great victory, the operation was almost an unimaginable disaster
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Viking Voyage
- Broadcast
- 2008 (89 mins)
The story of how, in July 2007, 61 men and women set off on an extraordinary voyage to sail the world’s largest reconstructed Viking ship, ‘The Sea Stallion’, from Denmark to Ireland.
Timewatch
Stonehenge
- Broadcast
- 2008 (55 mins)
Programme explores a recent & radical new theory that Stonehenge was built as a healing centre rather than burial site.
Timewatch
Britain’s Forgotten Floods
- Broadcast
- 2008 (49 mins)
A 2005 Timewatch reported on investigation by Professors Ted Byrant & Simon Haslett into cause 1607 floods in Britain. They’ve since discovered evidence of 4 more British Tsunami
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Young Victoria
- Broadcast
- 2008 (55 mins)
At her birth, few believed that Princess Victoria would be crowned Queen. Her mother, the Duchess of Kent schemed to share in the power & riches that would one day be Victoria’s resulting in a battle...
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The Last Day Of World War One
- Broadcast
- 2008 (58 mins)
Michael Palin tells the story of WWI’s final day which marks the start of the BBC’s ‘90 Years of Remembrance’ season. He tells how soldiers tragically continued to die for hours after the ceasefire.
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