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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.
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.
A remarkable window on one of the most turbulent decades in British history captures a nation determined to remain stable in the face of economic and political chaos across Europe. Part 1 of 3.
In this episode, we explore what everyday life was really like for people in the 30s, the anxiety and political turmoil, but also new opportunities for leisure and increased social freedoms despite looming war. Part 2 of 3.
In this episode, we explore what everyday life was really like for people in the 30s, especially the last unsettled year before war officially began. Part 3 of 3.
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.
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.
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.
'The Endurance' recounts one of the history's greatest tales of survival, Sir Ernest Shackleton's 1914-1916 expedition to Antarctica. The expedition, Shackleton's third, followed the tragic death of the famous English polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott on his quest to the South Pole. Narrated by Liam Neeson.
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. Ⓢ
