16 Feb
17 Feb
18 Feb
19 Feb
20 Feb
21 Feb
22 Feb
23 Feb
24 Feb
25 Feb
26 Feb
27 Feb
28 Feb
Learn every step of the grilling process - from grilling whole fish and fillets to fire-roasting shellfish. Featuring Singapore-spiced halibut grilled in banana leaves; a whole fish with Indonesian flavours grilled by Rafael Lunetta, chef/owner of Lunetta in Santa Monica; and Alaskan salmon riffs on Russian coulibiac, with a stuffing of grilled onions, mushrooms, rice and smoke. Plus plenty more besides. Part 3 of 12.
This three-part series argues that the Stuarts, more than any other, were Britain's defining royal family. We tend to take today's modern United Kingdom for granted, but there was nothing inevitable about its creation. During the 17th century, the Stuarts grappled with the chaos of three separate kingdoms, multiple religions and civil war. Britain has not known a century like it and some of the questions this dynasty faced have not gone away. In this first episode, Clare Jackson looks at James VI and I's attempts to unite Scotland and England under the umbrella of his crown and persuade his subjects to feel more 'British'. Part 1 of 3.
They’ve been worshipped and feared by many peoples over the millennia. But in the wake of drama and destruction, the elements give rise to cultures and nations so breathtakingly beautiful that we’ve come to know them as the World’s Greatest Volcanic Islands. Part 3 of 6.
Dr Janina Ramirez explores the fallout of the longest and bloodiest divorce in history, when little England dared to take on the superpower France. Edward III rips up the medieval rule book and crushes the flower of French knighthood at the Battle of Crecy with his low-born archers. His son, the Black Prince, conducts a campaign of terror, helping to bring France to her knees. Part 1 of 3.
Historian Peter Barton concentrates on the second phase of the battle, from the middle of July to the middle of September 1916, and reveals how an Allied advance on objectives which should have lasted days and weeks took months and resulted in yet more carnage. While British tactics were unvarying, the Germans used the changing landscape of the battlefield, developing a tactic of defence in depth. Part 2 of 3.
Historian Peter Barton concludes his history of the battle in the final months of the campaign, showing how a remarkable German tactical revolution begun in the summer of 1916 continued throughout this period to frustrate the Allied advance. This would have profound implications, tragically extending the war beyond Allied expectations. Barton also presents a new narrative which argues that the Battle of the Somme ended not in the winter of 1916, but in the spring of 1917. And he reaches the conclusion that there was no British victory. Part 3 of 3.
England, wracked by plague and revolt, loses the upper hand until Henry V, determined to prove his right to be king, turns the tide at the Battle of Agincourt. Part 2 of 3.
This three-part series argues that the Stuarts, more than any other, were Britain's defining royal family. We tend to take today's modern United Kingdom for granted, but there was nothing inevitable about its creation. During the 17th century, the Stuarts grappled with the chaos of three separate kingdoms, multiple religions and civil war. Britain has not known a century like it and some of the questions this dynasty faced have not gone away. This second episode explores Charles I’s failure to understand the inherent religious instabilities across the three kingdoms, and how these differences in Britain led to civil war and his own execution. Part 2 of 3.
