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Discover defensive strategies that include the most powerful instinct, a mother’s love - the protection of the next generation. It is the act of self-sacrifice or risk of harm that typifies a mother’s defence of her offspring. Part 3 of 12.
This second episode includes the first-ever colour film recorded of China, capturing the sacred and the profane in 1930’s Beijing. Other filmmakers show Shanghai in the jazz age, but these film reels reveal a China that might have been - China before the Japanese invaded. The cameras document the struggle for China. Just as Shanghai’s Nanjing Road was filmed in 1900, so it was filmed 50 years later, as the victorious People’s Liberation Army parades along it, Mao Zedong’s portrait to the fore. Narrated by Christopher Doyle. Part 2 of 2. Ⓢ
Sam Willis looks at the history of the castle from its first appearance with the Normans in 1066 to the longest siege on English soil at Kenilworth Castle 200 years later. The castle arrived as an instrument of invasion, but soon became a weapon with which unruly barons challenged the crown. Tingtagel Castle, the place King Arthur is said to have been conceived, is also on the itinerary. It remains one of the most evocative of castles to this day, drawing visitors from around the world with its tales of myth and legend. Part 1 of 3. Ⓢ
At the start of 1933, Hitler is the chancellor of Germany but he does not have absolute power - there is still a democratic parliament beneath him, a head of state above him and the rule of law hanging over him. Hitler sets his sights on dismantling the German state. Part 2 of 3. Ⓢ
Hitler orders a massive counter-attack in an attempt to cut the Allies in two. But British and Canadian forces press in on Germans forces from the North while American troops close in from the South – creating what is known as the Falaise Pocket. The German army attempts to flee from a gap in the pocket, but they are bombed by Typhoons and finally routed from Normandy. Part 3 of 6.
In Port Cities, we take a look at the gateways to the world. Some of the most stunning cities on the planet are port cities, hubs such as Sydney, Rio and Cape Town, and are also some of the most culturally diverse and vibrant. The great maritime cities of the world bridge countries and continents and unite the global community. Part 4 of 6.