Schedule

World of Stonehenge: Age of Ancestors

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.

The Stuarts: A King Without a Crown

This three-part series argues that the Stuarts, more than any other, were Britain's defining royal family. We tend to take today's modern United Kingdom for granted, but there was nothing inevitable about its creation. During the 17th century, the Stuarts grappled with the chaos of three separate kingdoms, multiple religions and civil war. Britain has not known a century like it and some of the questions this dynasty faced have not gone away. This second episode explores Charles I’s failure to understand the inherent religious instabilities across the three kingdoms, and how these differences in Britain led to civil war and his own execution. Part 2 of 3.

WWII in Colour: Road to Victory: The Invasion of North Africa

With Britain standing alone, Churchill realises maintaining control of the vital oil supply line through the Suez Canal is critical to his nation’s hopes. After the fall of the strategically important port of Tobruk, Rommel only has the defensive line at El Alamein left to cross. Britain’s General Montgomery drives Rommel back from El Alamein, but that is only the beginning; America’s rookie troops make landfall in North Africa and join the fight. Part 3 of 10.

Impossible Peace: Just Like the Arabian Nights, 1922 - 1925

The victors of World War 1 believed that keeping their vanquished foes under-armed would guarantee peace. And so as the US and Great Britain began to increase their military holdings, it was at the expense of a humiliated Germany. Part 2 of 8.

The Stuarts: A King Without a Crown

This three-part series argues that the Stuarts, more than any other, were Britain's defining royal family. We tend to take today's modern United Kingdom for granted, but there was nothing inevitable about its creation. During the 17th century, the Stuarts grappled with the chaos of three separate kingdoms, multiple religions and civil war. Britain has not known a century like it and some of the questions this dynasty faced have not gone away. This second episode explores Charles I’s failure to understand the inherent religious instabilities across the three kingdoms, and how these differences in Britain led to civil war and his own execution. Part 2 of 3.

WWII in Colour: Road to Victory: The Invasion of North Africa

With Britain standing alone, Churchill realises maintaining control of the vital oil supply line through the Suez Canal is critical to his nation’s hopes. After the fall of the strategically important port of Tobruk, Rommel only has the defensive line at El Alamein left to cross. Britain’s General Montgomery drives Rommel back from El Alamein, but that is only the beginning; America’s rookie troops make landfall in North Africa and join the fight. Part 3 of 10.

Weathered: Earth's Extremes: The Heat is on

Maiya May explores heat in Portland, Oregon, and Medellín, Colombia, a city that is leading the revolution against sweltering city temperatures. Then she visits the hottest city in the US, Phoenix, Arizona. Part 3 of 6.

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