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A Short History of the English Garden: Romans, Renaissance and the Picturesque

The Romans were the first to introduce gardens to England, and European influence returned during the age of the Tudors and Stuarts, with an emphasis on geometric patterns and formal features. In the late 17th and 18th centuries, the English picturesque movement took off, inspired by an appreciation of the native landscape and the icons of the ancient world. The work of its chief exponents, including William Kent and Capability Brown, is still in evidence in the gardens of England’s great stately homes today, such as Blenheim Palace. In the English landscape garden geometric structures, alleys, and parterres near the house were eliminated and replaced with rolling lawns and extensive views. Artificial lakes, dams and canals transformed streams or springs into the illusion that a river flowed through the garden. Part 1 of 2.

Armada: The Untold Story: The Battle for England

In the second part of a major three-part drama-documentary series, using newly discovered documents, Dan relives the fierce battles at sea, and we go behind the scenes in the royal court of Elizabeth as the Spanish fleet prepares for full-on invasion. Anita Dobson and Dan Snow present. Part 2 of 3. Ⓢ

Asia's Ancient Civilisations: Bagan Empire

Renowned as the City of a Thousand Pagodas, Bagan was the capital of a mighty empire that was the first to unify the territory of present-day Myanmar under Burmese language and culture, becoming world-renowned as a centre of Buddhist learning. Part 2 of 4.

Shooting the War:

A look at the experience of children in WWII, seen through home movies. Part 2 of 3. Ⓢ

A Short History of the English Garden: Romans, Renaissance and the Picturesque

The Romans were the first to introduce gardens to England, and European influence returned during the age of the Tudors and Stuarts, with an emphasis on geometric patterns and formal features. In the late 17th and 18th centuries, the English picturesque movement took off, inspired by an appreciation of the native landscape and the icons of the ancient world. The work of its chief exponents, including William Kent and Capability Brown, is still in evidence in the gardens of England’s great stately homes today, such as Blenheim Palace. In the English landscape garden geometric structures, alleys, and parterres near the house were eliminated and replaced with rolling lawns and extensive views. Artificial lakes, dams and canals transformed streams or springs into the illusion that a river flowed through the garden. Part 1 of 2.

Armada: The Untold Story: The Battle for England

In the second part of a major three-part drama-documentary series, using newly discovered documents, Dan relives the fierce battles at sea, and we go behind the scenes in the royal court of Elizabeth as the Spanish fleet prepares for full-on invasion. Anita Dobson and Dan Snow present. Part 2 of 3. Ⓢ

Asia's Ancient Civilisations: Bagan Empire

Renowned as the City of a Thousand Pagodas, Bagan was the capital of a mighty empire that was the first to unify the territory of present-day Myanmar under Burmese language and culture, becoming world-renowned as a centre of Buddhist learning. Part 2 of 4.

Shooting the War:

A look at the experience of children in WWII, seen through home movies. Part 2 of 3. Ⓢ

Billy the Kid

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: The story of Henry McCarty, alias Billy the Kid, who was killed by an ambitious sheriff just weeks after avoiding the hangman's noose by mounting a daring escape from prison. Demonised by the lawman who killed him and mythologised in dime-store romances and big-screen dramas, the true story of the son of poor Irish immigrants in New Mexico who became regarded as a hero by the Hispanic community has often been obscured.

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