Schedule

Lost World of Angkor Wat: Fight for Survival

The team use drones to explore one of the world’s largest ancient water systems. Ancient weapons, hidden battle carvings, and traces of a colossal iron industry reveal the truth behind the awesome power of the Khmer military. Part 2 of 2.

Ancient Megacities: Persepolis: Delusion of Greatness

Dreamt of as a veritable Garden of Eden in the middle of the Middle East, Persepolis is the city of all excesses and one of the Empire's nerve centres. Part 3 of 3.

Titans of the Cold War: Confrontation

The Cold War intensifies in with the Suez Crisis and Hungarian Uprising. Eden and Nasser's clash reveals declining empires and Soviet ruthlessness. Part 3 of 4.

My Grandparents' War: Carey Mulligan

Actor Carey Mulligan explores how her grandfather travelled thousands of miles to fight the Japanese in the final months of World War II, and lost his closest friends from a kamikaze attack at sea. Part 3 of 4.

Ancient Megacities: Persepolis: Delusion of Greatness

Dreamt of as a veritable Garden of Eden in the middle of the Middle East, Persepolis is the city of all excesses and one of the Empire's nerve centres. Part 3 of 3.

Titans of the Cold War: Confrontation

The Cold War intensifies in with the Suez Crisis and Hungarian Uprising. Eden and Nasser's clash reveals declining empires and Soviet ruthlessness. Part 3 of 4.

Grand Tours of the Scottish Isles: Keeping It All Together

There are seventy islands in the Orkney archipelago but just how much of a challenge is it to keep all these islands connected? To explore what keeps all these remote places together, Paul is island hopping. Part 5 of 6.

Teleshopping