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Bird's Eye View
On board a helicopter, the British isles from an aerial perspective.
Beside the Seaside (50 mins)
- In ViewJohn Betjeman hears from the railway men who are facing the end of the steam age. (1962)30 mins
- Great Railway JourneysClive Anderson meets nomadic tribes, visits a Buddhist cave, and devours chicken feet.
- Michael Portillo's 200 Years of the RailwaysThe journey that changed the world. Michael takes a trip back through rail history
- Great British Railway JourneysMichael Portillo’s exploration of the Weald continues aboard the Gatwick Express train.29 mins
- Reel History of BritainMelvyn visits the site of the first Home Guard training school in Osterley.15 mins
- Travels with PevsnerExploring Britain’s architectural soul, in the footsteps of historian Nikolaus Pevsner
- The 1951 Festival of Britain: A Brave New WorldStory behind the festival which showed how to carve out a bright future through design.59 mins
- The EvacueesVoices of a generation uprooted by war, with tales from Michael Aspel and Jonathan Miller30 mins
- TimewatchTimewatch unravels the circumstances which turned a killer into a Gothic hero. (1988)50 mins
- 1976: Summer of... HeatThe summer that baked, burned and simmered with tensions that transformed a generation59 mins
- A History of Britain by Simon SchamaThe secret of who we are. Simon Schama journeys through 5000 years of life in Britain
- Murder on the Victorian RailwayDocumentary looking at the first murder on Britain's railways.59 mins
