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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.
1918. As the Armistice bells ring out across the world to celebrate the end of the Great War, a silent killer makes its way home with the soldiers. The Spanish Flu will kill up to one third of the world’s population, more than both world wars combined. From the soldier who carried the virus to the Western Front, to the doctor who started the fightback, follow the compelling human stories behind this seismic chapter of history. With new evidence revealed for the first time, this documentary tracks the dramatic race to stop the pathogen spreading.
Rare film footage, restored and colourised for the first time, provides an intimate window into how everyday Edwardians lived, worked, and socialised. We see the great state occasion of Queen Victoria’s funeral in 1901, footage of life in the Lancashire coalfields, and we also see footage of days out, parades, fun parks, and seaside holidays. Part 1 of 2.
After returning from war, George H.W. Bush is reunited with his sweetheart Barbara. They married and had their first child - another future president. Part 1 of 6.
D-Day marks the start of World War II liberation efforts. For Churchill and his ally President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, it was time to free Europe by organising the largest seaborne military operation in the history of mankind. Part 1 of 3.
Dr Thomas Asbridge offers a piercing examination of the Third Crusade and the two renowned figures who have come to embody Crusader war: Richard the Lionheart, king of England, and the mighty Muslim sultan Saladin, unifier of Islam. Drawing on fascinating eyewitness accounts and contemporary records, Dr Asbridge constructs an insightful and nuanced picture of these men and their fiercely fought struggle for the Holy Land. Almost perfectly matched as adversaries, these two titans of holy war clashed during a year-long campaign that raged across Palestine. Both were willing to commit appalling atrocities in pursuit of victory. Each brought to bear the full force of his military genius, guile and cunning in pursuit of the ultimate prize: Jerusalem. Dr Asbridge reveals how this shattering conflict brought Saladin and Richard to their knees,even as it served to forge their legends. Part 2 of 3.
