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This final episode sees Paul visiting two of the most windswept islands on our stormy coast, the 'Atlantic Twins' of Coll and Tiree. Part 6 of 6.
A look at how the Normans developed from a band of marauding Vikings into the formidable warriors who conquered England in 1066. Part 1 of 4.
Rare film footage, restored and colourised for the first time, provides an intimate window into how everyday Edwardians lived, worked, and socialised. We see hundreds of workers taking to the streets to fight for better pay and conditions, footage of a football match in Burnley, and the shocking footage of Emily Wilding Davison colliding with the King's horse at the 1913 Epsom Derby. Part 2 of 2.
Blinded by loyalty to his president and ignoring the advice of his family, George H.W. Bush was betrayed by Richard Nixon. Part 2 of 6.
A political struggle between De Gaulle and the Allied forces is taking place behind the scenes. Americans intend to administer France, once fully freed. But for De Gaulle, the only legitimate government is the one he has led from exile since 1943. Part 2 of 3.
Dr Thomas Asbridge reveals how the outcome of these epic holy wars was decided not on the hallowed ground of Jerusalem, but in Egypt. As trade blossomed between Christians and Muslims and the Mongol hordes arrived from Asia, a saintly French king, afire with crusading zeal, and the most remarkable Muslim leader of the Middle Ages fought for ultimate victory in the East. Drawing upon eyewitness chronicles and the latest archaeological evidence, Dr Asbridge argues that it was a fearsome slave-warrior from the Russian Steppes - now forgotten in the West - who finally sealed the fate of the crusades. And, most controversially of all, Asbridge challenges the popular misconception that the medieval crusades sparked a clash of civilisations between Islam and the West that continues to this day. Part 3 of 3.
