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- For the 20th anniversary of "Titanic," James Cameron reopens the file on the disaster.
- Guy Martin wants to build a working replica of a World War One tank, pass his tank driving test and drive the machine at Lincoln's Remembrance Day parade.
- In this one-off special documentary, actor Vicky McClure embarks on an emotional journey with her 97-year-old grandfather Ralph McClure to learn about his role in D-Day in June 1944. From visiting the home town of Ralph in his early early years to the locations that Ralph encountered and led to one of the most decisive battlefronts that would turn the fortunes of the allied forces on the Normandy beaches in France and beyond.
- The Grenfell Tower tragedy exposed the huge inequality within the London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Local residents tell the story, 150 years in the making, of how it became the most unequal place in Britain.
- Travel across England visiting well-known wonders and some lesser-known places on your doorstep, all of which have helped make the country what it is today.
- Barristers Sasha and Jeremy look back at the questionable case against Alfred Moore for the murder of two policemen in Huddersfield in 1951.
- 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.
- London is one of the most iconic and powerful cities on Earth. But how did London, the center of a vast empire, once the undisputed capital of the English-speaking world, become so dominant? Through a series of astonishing maritime discoveries, Drain the Oceans reveals the secret story of the city's meteoric rise.
- The Mr Kipling factory in Yorkshire opens its doors to reveal how millions of the nation's favourite cakes are made in one of Britain's biggest factories by an army of bakers who work 24 hours a day, five days a week.
- The third series concludes by tracing the lives of 10 Guinea Street's occupants through World War Two to the present day, discovering stories of love, loss and renewal.
- Comedian David Walliams learns about his great-grandfather on his father's side, a tragic shell-shocked World War One veteran, and his great-great-grandfather on his mother's side, a blind organ grinder turned successful traveling showman.
- 2010– 29m7.6 (5)TV Episode
- Guy Martin built his racing reputation on two wheels - but now he's switching to four wheels, to take part in his first ever Formula 1 race. In this 3rd special of 'Speed with Guy Martin', Guy will spend several months with the Williams Heritage Division to restore a classic 1983 Williams FW08C, from museum piece to racing condition. He will then learn how to drive the Formula 1 car under the direction of ex Formula 1 driver, Karun Chandhok. The finale features Guy going head-to-head with 2009 F1 World Champion Jenson Button around the Silverstone Grand Prix circuit, during the British Grand Prix weekend. Guy will be driving the classic Williams F1 car he restored, against Jenson Button, who's in a six-wheel prototype Williams F1 car from the 1980s.
- Exeter Cathedral is an awe-inspiring example of Gothic architecture. A team of experts try to rescue this building's medieval glass and remarkable stonework.
- A network of tunnels is built by George IV underneath Brighton's Royal Pavilion to shield his appearance from cruel critics; how the Princess Diana statue in Kensington Palace demonstrates the fractured relationship of her sons
- Jill joins bellringers in Hexham, learns about Roman links to Christianity, starts the Jedburgh Hand 'Ba, learns about Easter Eggs, visits an 18th-century bathing area carved into rock and meets a group of Christian dancers in Lindisfarne.
- A painting bought from an online auction in Monaco described as 'in the style of Sir Joshua Reynolds' looks promising, but could something murkier be lurking beneath the paint?
- Construction of the Shanghai Tower, the second-tallest building in the world and the tallest building in China, is chronicled.
- A group of 21st-century volunteers move into a recreation of a Victorian slum in the heart of modern-day London. It is the 1860s and London is the capital of a global superpower, work is plentiful but so is cheap labour.
- The slum dwellers have left behind the boom years of the 1860s and must now live with the harsh realities of the economic depression of the 1870s. The Howarth's are forced to employ their neighbour's children to meet their orders.
- The slum and its residents enter the turbulent 1880s. Unemployment rocketed and living conditions got worse - but still new workers poured into London from around the world. The pressures are soon felt by the volunteers.
- Alan reveals the secrets of the Cistercian monks of the North Yorkshire abbey. Anneka visits the last water-driven spade mill in Britain. Miriam joins a bat watch and Dan visits Giant's Causeway.
- Behind the scenes of the royal residence which is currently home to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry, was the birthplace of Queen Victoria and housed a P.O.W. Camp and artillery battery in WWII.
- David discovers how the house came to be built as a merchant's residence by a canny property developer at a time when Liverpool was one of the world's great trading ports.
- Two top criminal barristers re-investigate the trial, conviction and execution of Alfred Moore for shooting dead two police officers in a police cordon surrounding his farmhouse in 1951.
- 201845m6.8 (11)TV EpisodeMichael visits one of the most mysterious places in Britain. On the Suffolk coast lie a complex of bunkers, rusting towers and crumpled military hardware once home to an Anglo-American over-the-horizon radar system.
- 201844m7.2 (8)TV EpisodeTony explores Winchester Cathedral, the longest medieval cathedral in Northern Europe, one a Britain's oldest cathedrals and stands as a monument to the wealth and power of the Normans.
- Treasure hunting has captured our imaginations for centuries. Draining the oceans reveals the richest wrecks ever found, from the coast of England to the Florida Keys.
- A top secret Cold War stronghold and a decommissioned Soviet nuclear submarine reveal just how close we came to nuclear armageddon, and the British military's plans if it should come.