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- StarsMathieu KassovitzFrançois Arnaud"The war was over. But it wasn't over. We just didn't know it." Stefan Zweig.
- StarsJoanna LumleyThis epic new four-part series is Joanna Lumley's grandest and most challenging journey yet, a breath-taking odyssey from Venice to the Chinese border along the veins of the ancient Silk Road. A perilous network of paths, the Silk Road shaped the modern world, bringing silk, printing, spices, gunpowder, and many other things, to the West. Joanna's adventure will see her travel through a breath-taking array of fabulous landscapes as she crosses continents, deserts, mountains and steppe, boldly following in the footsteps of the merchants, conquerors, kings and pilgrims who once lived and died along this route.
- DirectorJames HyslopIn this film Robert Linnell (a filmmaker) documents in a personal way his father's war story on film. Robert Linnell never knew his father. His father was the pilot of a heavy bomber and was was shot down on a night bombing mission to Berlin in Germany in 1944. Linnell was only 2 months old when his father died. In this short film Linnell includes historical footage, accesses historical documents, interviews with family and other pilots who survived, a visit the forest in Germany near Berlin where his father's plane crashed after being shot down by a German night-fighter. Incredibly, Linnell managed to track down the pilot of the German night fighter who shot down his father's plane. A moving and personal account.
- StarsAlastair SookeEdith HallVassilisSeries in which Alastair Sooke explores the riches and unique legacy of Greek art.
- StarsNiall FergusonPeter JandaJohn LindellDocumentary: Niall Ferguson investigates how western civilization came to dominate the world.
- StarsAlastair SookeVito ZagarrioLeo StevensonAlastair Sooke takes an in-depth look at the art of the Roman Empire in an attempt to refute the claims that Rome didn't produce any art of originality during its
- StarsAlexander SiddigSue GibsonChadden HunterBritish biologist and military veteran Steve Backshall visits the Arabian peninsula to film its surprisingly rich and varied wildlife. Contrary to its desert reputation, Arabia comprises various distinct regions, each with its own species.
- DirectorAnuschka SchofieldStarsAlexander SiddigSteffen BachKatie LeeSince the discovery of its fossil fuel wealth, the Arabian peninsula has rapidly developed in many ways. That includes the now many rich Arabs' rapport to wildlife as well as domesticated animals, such as camel races with robot jockeys and falcon's hunting training with remote-control airplane)drawn lures. Marine wildlife is exceptionally rich, despite Saddam's Gulf war petrol well arson. Despite clever technology use and respect for nature, population growth, energy and water use well above world average constitute major ecological dangers.
- StarsGriff Rhys JonesGriff Rhys Jones explores Africa the unhurried way, as he takes to the continent's railways to immerse himself in the joy and sometimes the frustration of travelling through a beautiful and beguiling continent, using the most romantic method of transportation.
- StarsJoanna LumleyJoanna Lumley travels back to the country that she came from to celebrate the great nation that it is today. A year older than Independent India itself, Joanna was born in India into the last days of The Raj and India was home to both sides of her family for several generations. Celebrating its beauty, wildlife, people, culture, history, modernity and absolute diversity, Joanna's journey takes her on an exploration of India's past, present and future, drawing on her own connections and experiences and learning from stories of others.
- StarsMichael PalinAs diplomatic relations between DPRK and South Korea begin to slightly thaw after decades of hostility, comedian and world traveler Michael Palin is allowed to visit North Korea for two weeks and, to a limited extent, explore the country.
- DirectorAlexander LeithStarsDan CruickshankDan Cruickshank narrates a documentary showing 3 beautiful castles of gothic fantasy that were built during the reign of King Ludwig II. The walls of the castles were painted with scenes of romanticized chivalry and battles. This takes place in Germany.
- StarsSam WillisYeTabatabaeiDr Sam Willis reveals how the Silk Road was the world's first global superhighway where people with new ideas, new cultures and new religions made exchanges that shaped humanity.
- DirectorRichard DownesStarsSam WillisTabatabaeiDelnavaz JavanmardiIn the final episode of his series tracing the story of the most famous trade route in history, Dr Sam Willis continues his journey west in Iran. The first BBC documentary team to be granted entry for nearly a decade, Sam begins in the legendary city of Persepolis - heart of the first Persian Empire. Following an ancient caravan route through Persia's deserts, he visits a Zoroastrian temple where a holy fire has burned for 1,500 years, and Esfahan, one of the Silk Road's architectural jewels and rival to Sam's next destination - Istanbul. In the ancient capital of Byzantium Sam discovers how the eastern Roman Empire was ruled through silk and how Venetian merchants cashed in on the wealth and trade it generated. Sam's last stop takes him full circle to Venice. Visiting Marco Polo's house, Sam reminds us how the great traveller's book was one of the first to link East to West and how the ideas and products that trickled down the Silk Road not only helped to trigger the Renaissance, but set Europe on a path of unstoppable change.
- 201759m7.9 (16)TV EpisodeDirectorTomasz CebulaEd HorneJustin KellyStarsNeil OliverChris PackhamShini SomaraChris reveals the secrets held in the DNA of Orkney's unique vole species. Neil explores some of the tombs and monuments on the Islands, Andy climbs a famous sea-stack and Shini examines a weighty problem.
- DirectorTomasz CebulaEd HorneJustin KellyStarsNeil OliverChris PackhamShini SomaraAndy and some local volunteers build a boat made of just willow and cow hide and set out to cross the dangerous Pentland Firth as the ancient Orcadians would have done. Chris Packham goes in search of whales.
- DirectorTomasz CebulaEd HorneJustin KellyStarsNeil OliverChris PackhamShini SomaraAndy dives beneath the waves in search of the inspiration for the first stone circle. Shini tests the technology behind a Bronze-Age sauna, Chris and Neil spend the night on an abandoned island looking for clues as to why cultures change.
- StarsMathieu KassovitzNathan RippyStephen RashbrookMay 10th, 1940, Hitler takes on the West. Will he precipitate Europe into the Apocalypse?
- StarsBettany HughesBen RobinsonA fascinating site in Wiltshire, a massive mound that used to consist of a castle and town in a fortified position.