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Neil Oliver continues the story of how today's Britain and its people were forged over thousands of years of ancient history. It's 4,000 BC and the first farmers arrive from Europe, with seismic consequences for the local hunter-gatherers. Part 2 of 4.
How living in everyday Britain continued as war raged on. The third episode recalls how people kept up morale through music, dance, film and self-made forms of entertainment, and ends with the euphoric VE Day celebrations in 1945. Part 3 of 3.
The search for remains of formerly enslaved Black Union soldiers brutally murdered by angry Southerners as the Civil War was ending. Learn about Camp Nelson, KY, the military base where these soldiers and thousands got their freedom papers.
The 1993 Waco siege begun as a raid, turned into a 51-day standoff, and ended with the destruction of a five-storey building and 75 people dead. A quarter of a century later, we revisit the American tregedy through rarely seen footage and interviews.
There are seventy islands in the Orkney archipelago but just how much of a challenge is it to keep all these islands connected? To explore what keeps all these remote places together, Paul is island hopping. Part 5 of 6.