Vivid and heartbreaking stories told by the last Tommies – filmed in their 90s and 100s – remembering life and death in World War I, illustrated with powerful archive. The three-part series is the result of a uniquely important oral history project to record the experiences of men and women who lived through Great War. This episode tells the story of […]
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In Human Universe episode 2: Brian Cox reveals how the wonderful complexity of nature and human life is simply the consequence of chance events constrained by the laws of physics that govern our universe. But this leads him to a deeper question – why does our universe seem to have been set up with just the right rules to create
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In the fourth and final chapter of the series, Carol Klein takes a look at one of the most recognisable and influential flowers in our world, the waterlily. It is a plant of unlikely economic importance, spiritual significance and artistic inspiration. Carol Klein’s Plant Odysseys – Waterlily episode 4 She travels to the far east to
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Claude Monet was an avid horticulturist and arguably the most important painter of gardens in the history of art, but he was not alone. Great artists like Van Gogh, Bonnard, Sorolla, Sargent, Pissarro and Matisse all saw the garden as a powerful subject for their art. These great artists, along with many other famous names, feature in an innovative and
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In Human Universe episode 1: Professor Brian Cox asks the biggest questions we can ask as he explores our origins, our place and our destiny in the universe. Brian begins his exploration in the beautiful Ethiopian Highlands, where he has a rare encounter with our distant cousins, the gelada monkeys. They were once Africa’s most successful primate, roaming
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This programme chronicles the construction of the Empire State Building in New York, which was the world’s tallest skyscraper when opened in 1931. The programme investigates the building’s history through interviews with the people who contributed to the construction of this iconic building.  The Empire State Story Packed with personal anecdotes and great storytelling, this programme creates
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The third leg of Carol’s odyssey takes her on a journey from England to Turkey, to Italy and home again, discovering the intricate biology of the iris flower and its cultural significance to mankind over thousands of years. Carol takes a close-up look into the intimate relationship between bees and irises and, under the guidance of an evolutionary plant biologist,
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We tour the gardens of five finalists for the 2018 Gardener of the Year award. Costa Georgiadis solves inner-city problems in Leigh Sales’ garden. Millie Ross shows how to make seeding pots from newspaper. Gardening Australia episode 41 2018 Vote for the 2018 Gardener of the Year! Vote now for the 2018 Gardener of the Year The
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Eminent classical historian Robin Lane Fox embarks on a journey in search of the origins of the Greek myths. He firmly believes that these fantastical stories lie at the root of western culture, and yet little is known about where the myths of the Greek gods came from, and how they grew. Now, after 35 years of travelling, excavation and
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Charlie Dimmock and Harry and David Rich are in Wallasey to turn Sue’s concrete space into a garden fitting for the two rose bushes she planted for her late husband and mother. Charlie Dimmock and award-winning garden designers the Rich brothers compete to design gardens for homeowners around the country.
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There are 6,000 delightful varieties of tulips in the world today, with new colours and forms being cultivated every year. Carol Klein’s odyssey to uncover the colourful history of this popular flower begins high in the mountains of eastern Turkey, where a species tulip, one of the early ancestors of those we grow in our gardens, can be found flourishing
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The Allies win a great victory at Amiens. The tide is turning, but the victors are under no illusions. The German Army remains a daunting fighting force and it has an ace up the sleeve: the Hindenburg Line – the most formidable defensive system in military history. If the Allies are to have any hope for victory, they need to
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