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Learn how animals use all sorts of strategies to protect their families and food from marauders. Part 4 of 12.
Kangaroos thrive in one of the planet's most unpredictable, drought-prone environments – the Australian outback. And it’s all thanks to their bizarre way of reproducing. Learn how month-old babies - the size of a paperclip - can climb up to a pouch. Part 2 of 4.
In the second episode of his series Dr Sam Willis travels west to central Asia, a part of the Silk Road often overlooked and yet the place of major innovations, big historical characters and a people - the Sogdians - whose role was pivotal to its success. In the high mountain passes of Tajikistan, Sam meets the last survivors of that race, who once traded from the Mediterranean to the China Sea. In the Uzbek cities of Samarkand and Bukara, he discovers how they were built by armies of captive craftsmen for one of the greatest conquerors the world has ever seen - Timur. From here, Sam follows the flow of goods back towards the markets of the west, showing how their trading culture sparked cultural, technical and artistic revolutions all along the Silk Road, and goes back to school to learn where modern mathematics and astronomy were born. Part 2 of 3.
Robert Cecil is the son of Elizabeth I's original spymaster. He has been groomed since birth to inherit his father's network, but when he finally steps into his father's shoes the queen's enemies are stronger than ever and Cecil must also watch his back. The Earl of Essex has established a rival network and is trying to oust Cecil as Elizabeth's spymaster. Part 2 of 3.
Hemingway attaches himself to the U.S. Army as it liberates Paris. After the war he tries to start a new life with Mary Welsh but is beset with personal tragedies and professional mishaps. Hemingway publishes 'The Old Man and the Sea'. Part 5 of 6.
