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- The three-year romance between 19th-century poet John Keats and Fanny Brawne near the end of his life.
- Two-part documentary which deals with two of the deepest questions there are - what is everything, and what is nothing? In two episodes, Professor Jim Al-Khalili searches for an answer to these questions as he explores the true size and shape of the universe and delves into the amazing science behind apparent nothingness. EVERYTHING: The first part, Everything, sees Professor Al-Khalili set out to discover what the universe might actually look like. The journey takes him from the distant past to the boundaries of the known universe. Along the way he charts the remarkable stories of the men and women who discovered the truth about the cosmos and investigates how our understanding of space has been shaped by both mathematics and astronomy. NOTHING: Explores science at the very limits of human perception, where we now understand the deepest mysteries of the universe lie. Jim Al-Khalili sets out to answer one very simple question - what is nothing? His journey ends with perhaps the most profound insight about reality that humanity has ever made. Everything came from nothing. The quantum world of the super-small shaped the vast universe we inhabit today, and Jim Al-Khalili can prove it
- Suzannah Lipscomb takes a tour of the Victorian home and unveils the hidden dangers that posed a deadly threat to Victorian life.
- Presented by Dan Cruickshank: Between Richmond and the North Sea, thirty bridges cross the Thames. They carry people across a stretch of river 35 miles long, bringing together a population of nearly eight million. These extraordinary structures have been the making of London, Britain's capital, and according to Dan Normal, Europe's greatest city.
- An examination of the common household hazards of the typical modern residences of 1950s Britain.
- Neil Oliver describes the worst ever railway accident in the UK, which happened a hundred years ago on 22 May 1915, in which three trains collided at Quintinshill near Gretna Green. One of the trains was a troop train taking soldiers to fight in World War I at the Battle of Gallipoli: many of the dead were in this train which caught fire due to escaped gas from the archaic gas lighting in the carriages. The cause of the crash was attributed to a catastrophic signalman's error, but Neil examines whether there were other contributory factors and whether there was a cover-up to prevent investigation of them, making convenient scapegoats of the signalmen.
- Historian David Olusoga pays his first visit to Ravensworth Terrace and investigates a vengeful lawyer, a scientist faced with financial ruin and a doctor entangled in a workhouse scandal.
- David Olusoga investigates the residents of an 18th-century house in Bristol over time, uncovering stories of piracy, an abandoned baby, a notorious political writer and a runaway slave.
- Gregg visits an enormous foundry in northern France that produces a cast iron pot every five seconds. Cherry visits an iron ore mine in South Africa and Ruth learns how one-pot cooking evolved.
- Jimmy Carr, Russell Kane, Sarah Keyworth and Geoff Norcott join Jason Manford to look at some of the strangest gripes to feature in local news articles, play a new parlour game and champion their own personal grudges.
- Dan Snow sheds light on the evolution of Nelson's Navy and the national enterprise which supported it. Through the stories of naval heroes like Captain Cook, Charles Middleton and Admiral Nelson, Snow explores the elite training, the growing navel meritocracy and years of tough experience which created a ruthless and professional 'Band of Brothers'.
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- In the first episode of this supersized series, Gregg Wallace and Cherry Healey get special access to a factory that makes as many as a hundred iconic yellow diggers every single day.
- Hopton Castle was the site of a massacre during the English civil war. There is only one account of the battle and subsequent slaughter of the defenders. The Time Team decides to investigate the site and try to establish how much of the account is actually true.
- New discoveries are casting the Vikings in a new light. Not just the bloodthirsty pagans waging pitched battle and raids, Scandanavian settlements in England reveal the Vikings brought culture and commerce, as well.
- The team goes to an enigmatic castle site in Wales. The layout of the walls and the central keep are well understood at Tregruk Castle, but there are huge blank spaces within the wall that seem to have had no purpose.
- The Governor's Green is an historic part of the ancient city of Portsmouth. Before the Governors house was built in the 18th century a series of churches and pilgrims hospitals were on the site. And this is what Time Team wants to explore.
- 202258m7.7 (19)TV Episode
- The nineteenth century was marked by the introduction of the use imported plant species into gardens. The trend was the result largely of two people. The first is Joseph Banks, Director of Kew Gardens early in the century, he who transformed what was ostensibly a landscape garden typical of the previous century into a true botanical garden. While he himself was a plant hunter in traveling abroad to discover new plants, he spurred others to do the same. The second is Queen Victoria's consort Prince Albert, who took an active role in the plant selection, largely trees, for the gardens of which he had control. This trend was assisted by the industrial revolution of the era and the general want to find solutions for problems, including how to keep plants alive in their transportation from overseas, and how to cultivate non-native species in Britain, especially of what are considered tropical plants. These advances led to gardens accessible for the masses, both in terms of access through the creation of public parks and gardens, and writing about British gardening trends in inexpensive trade magazines.
- The Bake Off is in Cornwall this week, and the contestants must bake a savory pie, cornish pasties, and show-stopping pastry canapés.
- King Richard the Lionheart of England arrives in the Holy Land to continue the battle for Jerusalem.
- Gregg Wallace sets out to solve a long-standing mystery: what happened to his great-grandfather, who abandoned his family?
- By the 1840s, the benefit of railways is apparent to many people. The period of "Railway Mania" begins, in which there is a free-for-all with different companies building lines (sometimes in competition with each other), with little central government planning. Fortunes are made - but for some, life savings are lost when companies go bankrupt.
- On the penultimate leg of their road trip, Raj and Irita embark on a five-county tour of The Fens. On the way, they discover secret doors, prehistoric artefacts and time travel.
- Debut road tripper Hettie Jago takes on regular dealer David Harper. The pair start out in Scotland with £1,500 each and a 1980s Mercedes 280 SL. David visits the historic castle of Scone, where many Kings of Scotland were crowned.
- Nigel Havers is usually cast in upper class roles, but his roots turn out to be very different.
- John Simpson always thought his great grandfather was Samuel F Cody, famous for being the first person to fly in Britain and a Wild West entertainer.
- This week, our contestants bake pies and tarts.
- From the food they ate to the clothes they wore, the Victorians were surrounding themselves with killers. What made taking a bath and drinking milk potentially so dangerous? And how did the Victorian woman turn herself into a walking fire hazard?
- We are back inside the Edwardian home. Dr Suzannah Lipscomb discusses more dangers in disguise in this era, from poorly insulated electricity and asbestos, to poisonous make-up and radium.
- Julie follows her roots back to Ireland. On the trail of her great-grandfather Anthony Clarke, Julie's journey takes her to County Mayo where she discovers Anthony was at the centre of a revolutionary movement fighting for land rights.
- O'Carroll tries to find out the truth about the his grandfather's murder, and tries to track down the men responsible.
- Mary Berry, still going strong at 79, believes she inherits her energy and drive from her father and sets off on a journey to find out more about his family.
- Sheridan is keen to know where her musical talent comes from and is soon, hot on the trail of her great-great-grandfather Benjamin Doubleday.
- Martin Shaw never knew his grandfather, Edwin Shaw, who walked out on his family when Martin's father was just a boy. Martin sets off to find out what happened to this elusive character.
- Actor Derek Jacobi grew up in Walthamstow, where his parents ran a market stall. But a clue in his mother's family tree hints at a more colourful past - his great-grandmother's name was Salome Laplain. Armed with this tantalising detail, Derek discovers that, far from being from humble roots as he had thought, he is in fact descended from a wealthy French Huguenot fleeing religious persecution in France - who had connections to Protestant royalty on this side of the channel.
- The actress uncovers the story of a secret lover, an illegitimate child and a landmark divorce case as she investigates her three-times great grandmother. But the scandal doesn't stop there as she looks into the life of the Delavel family.
- The journalist sets out to discover if there is any truth in the story that his ancestors came to Britain with the Norman invaders. Along the way he uncovers the story of a Tudor ancestor accused of treason.
- The choir master knows that his immediate family are immersed in music, but wishes to know how far back this 'musical gene' goes on his family tree. He discovers an ancestor who performed before King George V and an Irish theater impresario.
- The journalist and TV presenter travels to India to investigate the story of the maternal grandfather she never met. Her family have told her that he suffered a great tragedy at the time of the Partition of India.
- Dan goes behind the battlements of Dover Castle, where he descends into an underground lair to discover how a vast network of tunnels has been used to defend both the castle and the country for centuries.
- 2015–2016TV-PG7.5 (109)TV EpisodeBuilt by William the Conqueror, the Tower of London has been a military fortress, a palace, a royal mint, a prison, a zoo and a place of execution, a silent witness to some of the most momentous events in our history. Dan Jones reveals some of its secrets and tells the stories of the traitors, rebels and royalty who met their end inside its imposing walls.
- Today Warwick Castle is a popular tourist attraction, but for centuries its walls echoed with the sounds of betrayal, bloodshed, murder and financial ruin. Dan Jones reveals the turbulent history which took place within the well-preserved walls of this imposing castle and the tales of the earls of Warwick who lived there.
- 2015–2016TV-PG7.6 (85)TV EpisodeHistorian Dan Jones explores the turbulent history of one of Britain's most famous castles, Caernarfon. Dan is in the heart of Snowdonia exploring a stronghold built not only as an impenetrable fortress but also as a lavish royal palace fit for a fairy tale - Caernarfon Castle.