Schedule

Morning

Teleshopping

America the Bountiful: Pecans in Georgia

The term pecan was coined by the Algonquin from the word 'pacane,' which means a nut that needs to be cracked with a stone. By the 1950’s, Georgia had become the country's leading producer of pecans and remains the largest pecan-producing state.

8:35AM

Forgotten Allies: the Search for Burma's Lost Heroes

In the darkest hours of WW2, thousands of young men from Burma volunteered to fight for the Allies. A handful of these men are still alive but have been long forgotten by Britain.

9:35AM

The First World War: the People's Story: King and Country

Young men enthusiastically volunteered for the Great War, unaware of the horrors to come. Part 1 of 3.

10:45AM

The First World War: the People's Story: The Battle of the Somme

The 1916 Battle of the Somme was one of the bloodiest skirmishes in human history. Part 2 of 3.

11:55AM

The First World War: the People's Story: The Fight to the End

For the Allies, the war looked lost. But a series of brutal battles changed their fortunes. Part 3 of 3.

Afternoon

1:00PM

Rise of the Clans: The Bruce Supremacy

In this first episode, Neil follows the clans as they rallied behind Robert the Bruce in his against-all-odds bid to win Scotland's crown. Part 1 of 3.

2:15PM

Rise of the Clans: Brothers at War

Neil Oliver follows the rise of Clan Stewart to become Scotland's royal dynasty. It's the blood-soaked tale of a bitter family feud. Part 2 of 3.

3:35PM

Rise of the Clans: A Queen Betrayed

Neil Oliver reveals how the clans plotted against Mary Stewart, Queen of Scots, ultimately leading to the beheading of the most charismatic queen in Scottish history. Part 3 of 3.

4:55PM

The First World War: the People's Story: King and Country

Young men enthusiastically volunteered for the Great War, unaware of the horrors to come. Part 1 of 3.

Evening

6:00PM

The First World War: the People's Story: The Battle of the Somme

The 1916 Battle of the Somme was one of the bloodiest skirmishes in human history. Part 2 of 3.

7:10PM

The First World War: the People's Story: The Fight to the End

For the Allies, the war looked lost. But a series of brutal battles changed their fortunes. Part 3 of 3.

8:20PM

Sicily: the Conquered Isle: Crossroads of the Mediterranean

Crossroads explores Sicily’s ancient past when it was the breadbasket of the ancient and then medieval world and as such, occupied by Greeks, Romans, Carthaginians, Arabs and Normans. Part 1 of 2.

9:40PM

Sicily: the Conquered Isle: Borderlands

Borderlands examines the island’s role on the frontlines of a clash of civilisations during the Spanish era, when its glorious baroque buildings were also created. Then Sicily’s role in the unification of Italy led to the coming of the mafia. Part 2 of 2.

10:55PM

Forgotten Allies: the Search for Burma's Lost Heroes

In the darkest hours of WW2, thousands of young men from Burma volunteered to fight for the Allies. A handful of these men are still alive but have been long forgotten by Britain.

12:00AM

D-Day 360

This programme strips the 1944 Normandy invasion back to its raw data to reveal how the odds of victory, in the greatest gamble of World War II, swung on what happened over a five-hour period on a five-mile stretch of French coastline. Data gathered though forensic laser scanning and 3D computer modelling, along with eyewitness accounts, bring the battlefield to life as never before. Ⓢ