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A look at the moment when two athletes made a Black Power protest during the Olympics. (R)
At London's Freud Museum, a new director has the mission to make Freud less elitist.
Series Catch-up
At the British Commercial Vehicle Museum, a mutiny is brewing over the new leader's plans.
Tom Cunliffe puts an LCVP through its paces and finds out how it helped win World War Two.
Sailor and writer Tom Cunliffe sails a perfectly-restored Bristol Channel pilot cutter.
Tom Cunliffe sails the Reaper, the biggest sailing lugger ever to fish the seas.
Sailing a square rigger, which turned Britain into a world power in the 19th century.
The story of HMS Pickle, the boat that delivered the news of victory at Trafalgar. (R)
The story of the boat in which explorer John Cabot landed in North America in 1497. (R)
The Gulf War of 1991 brought home the fragility of global energy supplies. (R)
Boom turned to bust in the late 1980s and the industry was rocked a series of tragedies. (R)
The men who discovered the oil and risked their lives to get it ashore tell their stories. (R)
How a Mercedes smashed into the crowd, causing the worst disaster in motor racing history.
The team open up the case of a mysterious skeleton discovered in Stirling Castle.
The subject is the bizarre mummified body of a 19th-century child.
An apparently African skeleton is unearthed near a medieval monastery. (R)
Suggs tells the story of how Brighton set the scene for seaside resorts around the world.
Actress Sheila Hancock tells the story of British women and their battle for the vote.
The story of Thomas Newcomen, inventor of the world's first working steam-powered engine.
Professor Mark Horton tells the epic story of how Edward Jenner saved billions of lives.
The story of King Alfred who became famous for fighting Vikings and burning cakes.
Five objects tell the story of how East Anglia helped feed the world.
A look at the rivalry between the two great northern cities of Liverpool and Manchester.
The story of the amazing 280-year-old wooden clock that changed timekeeping for ever.
Terry Deary tells the story of the country's biggest and bloodiest ever battle.
Chris Tarrant on how a simple invention changed the Midlands forever.
The story of how Cumbria pioneered nuclear power during the 1950s.
Jem Stansfield uncovers the story behind the invention of the jet engine.
Gus Casely-Hayford explores the story of 16th-century bronzes from the kingdom of Benin. (R)
Documentary telling the story of the closure of Britain's mental asylums.
Why the music of the spiritual composers Gorecki and Part strikes such a chord today. (R)
Amateur home movies help tell the story of Britain's fishermen during the 20th century.
Home movies which show some of the ways 20th century Britons have enjoyed the sea.
Film about home movie makers who captured the exploits of the maritime rescue services. (R)
A theory on how the Egyptians raised stone blocks to the top of the Great Pyramid. (R)
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