Great Raids of World War II episode 5 - Cockleshell Raiders

Great Raids of World War II episode 5 – Cockleshell Raiders

Great Raids of World War II episode 5 – Cockleshell Raiders: The French port of Bordeaux was vital to Hitler’s war machine. Through it came many of the vital raw materials from the Far East essential to keep the Nazi armies fighting. But Bordeaux was 90 miles up the heavily-guarded Gironde river and seemingly unassailable. Then Royal Marine Major ‘Blondie’ Hasler came up with the idea of a sending a special raiding force in canoes.       Operation Frankton was a World War II commando raid carried out by the Royal Marines Boom Patrol Detachment (RMBPD) on shipping in […]

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Countryfile - Hogmanay and New Year Traditions

Countryfile – Hogmanay and New Year Traditions

Countryfile – Hogmanay and New Year Traditions: Margherita Taylor is in Auchindrain, a fascinating and remarkably preserved example of a Scottish Highland farm township, to discover the roots and traditions surrounding New Year and Burns Night. She discovers how tough life was, and that Christmas was once just a normal working day for the townsfolk. She also delves into the Countryfile archive to celebrate other seasonal customs, revisiting the time Ellie Harrison and Matt Baker took part in the Shaftsbury Snowdrop Festival, and when John Craven learned about the ancient tradition of Gaelic psalm singing.       Stories are

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Africa's Wild Heart - Grass

Africa’s Wild Heart – Grass

Africa’s Wild Heart – Grass: On the vast savannahs, grazers and predators struggle to outwit each other, forcing primates to develop social systems. Visible from space, Africa’s Great Rift Valley runs three thousand miles from the Red Sea to the mouth of the Zambezi. It’s a diverse terrain of erupting volcanoes, forest-clad mountains, spectacular valleys, rolling grasslands, huge lakes and mighty rivers, and is home to crocodiles, hippos, lions, elephants, flocks of flamingos and a diversity of indigenous peoples.       Using state-of-the-art high definition filming techniques, this series investigates the geological forces which shaped east Africa’s Great Rift

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Great Raids of World War II episode 4 - Storm at St. Nazaire

Great Raids of World War II episode 4 – Storm at St. Nazaire

Great Raids of World War II episode 4 – Storm at St. Nazaire: The great dry dock at St Nazaire was the only one on the Atlantic coast of occupied Europe large enough to repair Germany’s giant battleship Tirpitz. If it could be put out of action the chances of the Nazi raider threatening Britain’s Atlantic lifeline would be greatly reduced. On 26 March 1942 the destroyer HMS Campbeltown, packed with commandos and explosives set out on a daring mission to achieve this.       World War II was the greatest military confrontation the world has ever known. On

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Great Raids of World War II episode 3 - Radar Beam Raiders

Great Raids of World War II episode 3 – Radar Beam Raiders

Great Raids of World War II episode 3 – Radar Beam Raiders: As RAF Bomber Command began to strike back at Nazi Germany, it was soon suffering unsustainable losses from the Nazi air defence system. At its heart were as yet unidentified radar systems using wavelengths which urgently needed to be cracked. At last, in December 1941 a key German radar installation was located at Bruneval near the French North Sea coast, and a team of Britain’s new paratroops were sent in to seize it.       Operation Biting was a British military operation that took place during World

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The Great Pottery Throw Down

The Festive Pottery Throw Down 2022

The Festive Pottery Throw Down 2022: Siobhán McSweeney hosts a fabulously festive dollop of Christmas clay, as four celebs roll up their sleeves and take on two yuletide challenges set by judges Keith Brymer Jones and Rich Miller.       On Christmas Day, four celebs will take to the wheel in a bid to impress the show’s host Siobhan McSweeney and judges Keith Brymer Jones and Richard Miller. They’ll have to show off their craft skills to be within a chance of becoming the show’s first-ever celebrity and festive champ. The Great Pottery Throw Down is a British television

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Africa's Wild Heart - Water

Africa’s Wild Heart – Water

Africa’s Wild Heart – Water: The Great Rift Valley channels a huge diversity of waterways – rivers, lakes, waterfalls, caustic springs and coral seas – from Egypt to Mozambique. Some lake and ocean deeps harbour previously unseen life-forms, while caustic waters challenge life to the extreme. But where volcanic minerals enrich the Great Rift’s waterways, they provide the most spectacular concentrations of birds, mammals and fish.       Visible from space, Africa’s Great Rift Valley runs three thousand miles from the Red Sea to the mouth of the Zambezi. It’s a diverse terrain of erupting volcanoes, forest-clad mountains, spectacular

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Great Raids of World War II episode 2 - Prison Busters

Great Raids of World War II episode 2 – Prison Busters

Great Raids of World War II episode 2: In late 1943, the Resistance asked for help – some of their top operatives were being held in Amiens prison and facing interrogation, torture and execution. They must be rescued. The plan which evolved depended on a very special aircraft – the Mosquito fighter-bomber – and the skill and courage of its pilots in flying low enough to breach the prison walls with their bombs.     Operation Jericho was a World War II bombing raid conducted by the Royal Air Force (RAF) on Amiens prison in German-occupied France on February 18,

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Great Raids of World War II episode 1

Great Raids of World War II episode 1 – Stopping Hitler’s A-Bomb

Great Raids of World War II episode 1: It was Hitler’s deadliest secret – his scientists had promised him an atomic bomb. If he got it first, Nazi domination was assured. But the Germans needed one ingredient – heavy water – which was only produced in one factory – deep in the heart of occupied Norway. In 1943 a team of Norwegian raiders was sent to destroy it – their success or failure could decide the outcome of the war.       World War II was the greatest military confrontation the world has ever known. On land and sea

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Africa's Wild Heart - Fire

Africa’s Wild Heart – Fire

Africa’s Wild Heart – Fire: The valley, a vast crack spanning the length of East Africa, is the product of deep-seated geological forces which have spewed out a line of cloud-wreathed volcanoes stretching from Ethiopia to Tanzania. Their peaks provide a refuge for East Africa’s most extraordinary wildlife, including newly discovered and previously unfilmed species which have evolved surprising survival strategies. Visible from space, Africa’s Great Rift Valley runs three thousand miles from the Red Sea to the mouth of the Zambezi. It’s a diverse terrain of erupting volcanoes, forest-clad mountains, spectacular valleys, rolling grasslands, huge lakes and mighty rivers,

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Locomotion: Dan Snow's History of Railways episode 3

Locomotion: Dan Snow’s History of Railways episode 3

Locomotion: Dan Snow’s History of Railways episode 3 – Dan Snow traces the development of Britain’s railways from the late 19th century to the outbreak of World War II. During this time the railways changed the economy profoundly. Over just 50 years, Britain’s railways grew from a handful of small lines carrying coal to the biggest industry in the strongest nation on the planet. A nation had built the railways and now those railways would build a nation, influencing working conditions for its employees, proving a valuable export across the globe and even changing warfare.       Yet the

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The Great Fire

The Great Fire

The Great Fire: Dan Jones, Suzannah Lipscomb and Rob Bell take a fresh look at the Great Fire of London in 1666 by walking the actual route the fire took across the city, hour-by-hour and street-by-street, hoping to uncover what really happened during Britain’s worst inferno. The presenters investigate how the fire started, heading to Pudding Lane, site of the bakery where the blaze broke out. Dan and historian Dorian Gerhold place a temporary “blue plaque” on the very spot where the fire began.       The Great Fire of London was a major conflagration that swept through the

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