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In 1975, an expedition led by Chris Bonington set out to achieve the impossible. To climb the South West Face of Everest, and put the very first British Mountaineers on her summit. In the face of overwhelming odds, dwindling oxygen supplies, freezing Jet Stream winds, avalanche, frostbite, widespread public negativity and the press reporting that failure was almost inevitable - a British team succeeded - where all others had failed.
THE IRISH CIVIL WAR tells the epic and often challenging story of the origins, conflict and legacy of the civil war that took place in Ireland in 1922 and 1923. Narrated by Brendan Gleeson. Part 1 of 3.
THE IRISH CIVIL WAR tells the epic and often challenging story of the origins, conflict and legacy of the civil war that took place in Ireland in 1922 and 1923. Narrated by Brendan Gleeson. Part 2 of 3.
THE IRISH CIVIL WAR tells the epic and often challenging story of the origins, conflict and legacy of the civil war that took place in Ireland in 1922 and 1923. Narrated by Brendan Gleeson. Part 3 of 3.
Paul Murton travels from Dunkelf via the Tay River to Balmoral on an 1870s tricycle. Part 2 of 6.
Outlining the social, political and economic conditions that allowed the Famine to occur; and charting the first three years of the crisis in Ireland and Europe. The British government's response is initially successful, but the situation worsens. Part 1 of 2.
In late 1847, the famine is at its height in Ireland. A million people have died, and those who reach America work hard to rebuild their lives. The British government decides that all further relief must come from rates raised on Irish landlords. Part 2 of 2.
The true story of polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton and the crew of the Endurance, told by the man who lead the only team ever to have repeated their incredible feat - explorer and adventurer Tim Jarvis.
