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Exploring the many different concepts of family in the natural world: getting together, the raising of cubs and chicks and how family bonds can determine an animal’s fate. Part 5 of 12.
Tragedy strikes again when Bobby Kennedy is assassinated. Now, Ted Kennedy must overcome scandal and misfortune to continue the family legacy. Part 6 of 6.
Elizabeth I is dead and King James of Scotland travels south to take the throne at the invitation of Robert Cecil. Meanwhile, John Gerard, a Catholic priest who has dedicated his life to the destruction of the Protestant state that developed in Elizabeth's England, has escaped and made contact with a splinter cell in the Catholic underground containing an extremist called Guy Fawkes, who has a plan to blow up parliament with the king inside. Part 3 of 3. Ⓢ
How could a nobody become a dictator, bringing down a democracy in just a few years? Part 1 of 3.
War is imminent. Hitler's Nazi forces are mobilizing. Britain could soon be under attack. How will the British public react as the Second World War looms? BBC Select presents this innovative history documentary which looks at the days before war was officially declared. Panic sets in as Britain faces a conflict it is ill prepared for. How could the country ready itself for war with the Nazis? Part 1 of 3.
Outlining the social, political and economic conditions that allowed the Famine to occur; and charting the first three years of the crisis in Ireland and Europe. The British government's response is initially successful, but the situation worsens. Part 1 of 2.
