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- A look at Welsh poet Dylan Thomas's fatal visit to New York City, and his stormy relationship with his wife Caitlin.
- British comedian Griff Rhys Jones visits six metropolises to find out what makes them arguably the greatest cities in the world. The selection includes London, Rome and Paris in the Old World plus New York, Sydney and Hong Kong in the New World. He looks into to oddities, traditions, even tries out some remarkable city - and private jobs for a day.
- While trying to lead an empire, these rulers had no idea that the biggest threat to their lives was under their own roof. After the discovery of electricity, there were many wild inventions. Follow the beautiful Suzannah Lipscomb as she uncovers some of the scariest and most hilarious parts of history that we couldn't fathom today.
- Suzannah Lipscomb takes a tour of the Victorian home and unveils the hidden dangers that posed a deadly threat to Victorian life.
- The introduction of world trade in Tudor England inadvertently introduces foreign poisonous substances. One such case is sugar and the subsequent rotting of teeth.
- Griff Rhys Jones was born in Wales but brought up in Essex - and now the exile is back as he explores the "most beautiful, the most magical and the most remarkable regions of Wales."
- Britain is home to a huge variety of landscapes, and its these that take center stage in this 8 part series as Griff Rhys Jones investigates how they have dictated different ways of living, working and playing across the entire country.
- Jeremy Paxman tells the tragic story of World War One poet Wilfred Owen. At a time of jingoism and wartime propaganda, one Shropshire lad was compelled to tell the truth. Jeremy Paxman travels to the battlefields of France to discover how the ugliest and most terrible arena imaginable gave birth to some of the most poignant and powerful poetry in the English language. Wilfred Owen is played by Samuel Barnett.
- A look at how Charles Dickens created the idea of a traditional family Christmas through one of his best-known books, "A Christmas Carol".
- Documentary series in which Griff Rhys Jones discovers the problems faced by the National Trust as it strives to preserve Wales's national treasures.
- An examination of the common household hazards of the typical modern residences of 1950s Britain.
- John Ogilby created the first roadmaps of Britain, measuring and describing them, and publishing them in the form of strip map itineraries, in 1675. Terry Jones of "Monty Python" fame, an Ogilby collector, investigate how and why he did it and sets out to see whether it is still possible to find and travel along Ogilby's roads in Wales.
- This is a documentary about the history of travel routes through Great Britain.
- Part quiz, part panel show which celebrates the UK's unique and fascinating museums.
- In his own capital, Britton Griff starts contemplating how London continuously grew from a new Roman town to Europe's single-most prominent true metropolis. He visits architectural and archaeological remains of its long and eminent past, and mires at quaint traditions, while pointing out some major changes. Several types of center take center stage, such as Buckingham Palace. The City remains the financial heart of Europe, the link between Wall Street and Asia.
- Griff starts his search for the greatest cities in the Big Apple. Some grand public - and private initiative buildings illustrate the city and its (especially super-rich) citizens' typical ambition, often bordering on or becoming megalomania. New York still has the world's largest concentration of skyscrapers, various of which where interned as then world's highest. Even vendor spot licenses illustrate how expensive Cirty surfaces are. Griff joins window-cleaners to get the eerie feel of descending the Empire State Building.
- Griff is in the French capital, object of great chauvinistic pride and vanity. Although resulting in a mind-boggling traffic mayhem, its street grid largely results from some ambitious planning. It's extremely rich in monuments, yet the Eiffeltower, hated by many celebrities, draws by far most visitors and a clandestine group does much-needed restoration rather then the city services, which concentrate on mundane daily concerns. The rich capital is obsessed with cuisine and fashion.
- Griff Rhys Jones travels the wild rivers of Scotland. He heads east, upstream from Kinlochleven, then follows the course of the water downstream to Perth.
- Griff Rhys Jones's exploration of Britain's rivers continues as he travels from Liverpool to the Humber and attempts to swim the almost-freezing Mersey.
- Griff Rhys Jones follows the mighty Severn and its neighbour, the Wye. He also attempts to bog snorkel, meets druids for a ritual water blessing and sleeps in a hermit's cave.
- Griff Rhys Jones meets the Sicilian cucumber-growing community of Essex, sails a gunpowder boat and trains with a team of veteran rowers as he explores the Lea.
- The eternal city is more than 2,500 years old and Griff has just 24 hours to discover how Rome's inhabitants live in the world's biggest museum. In the process he discovers where Julius Caesar gasped his last, and takes lessons in traffic direction from the city's most elegant policeman.
- Griff visits Sydney, not the capital but the dominating metropolis of Australia, and its first city since that nation's foundation from a fabulous natural harbor as British penal colony, named after its first governor. It developed into an affluent, suburban society, considered one of the most pleasant cities in the world. Griff experiences many positive aspects and the local, immigrated and commuting Aussies' taste for sports and gambling.
- Hong Kong, one the world's best natural ports, became one of its busiest and richest cities after the infamous colonial Opium War lead to its 99 years concession by the British, and remains so in the 50 years transition after the Chinese take-over. It's a curious mix of efficient modernity and traditions, including Buddhism, Taoism, feng-shui and other superstition. The luck culture favors gambling and trade. Since the Chinese take-over from colonial Britain in 1997, the two systems coexist and influence each other immensely. The local Cantonese dialect is giving way to continental Mandarin, many Anglosaxon traditions remain, like boy-scouting, albeit in a more Chinese and wealth-oriented form.
- Terry travels from the English border to Aberystwyth and begins to suspect there is more to Ogilby's atlas than meets the eye.
- The final leg of Terry Jones' journey following a 17th century road atlas is the most hazardous of all. Terry becomes the first person to follow this route successfully for 180 years. At the end of his journey, he finally uncovers the deadly political plot that was the real purpose of the map.
- Following an ancient pilgrim route, Terry discovers that the map contains a dangerous secret with a trail of intrigue leading all the way back to the throne of England and King Charles II.
- On the way to St. David's, Terry discovers that this was never a road at all. The mystery deepens as dark forces behind the making of the map are revealed.
- Griff joins a herd of highland cows and two sturdy farmers as they retrace an ancient droving route once taken by thousands as they trudged 250 miles through the Scottish highlands from the Isle of Skye to Falkirk market.
- From the food they ate to the clothes they wore, the Victorians were surrounding themselves with killers. What made taking a bath and drinking milk potentially so dangerous? And how did the Victorian woman turn herself into a walking fire hazard?
- We are back inside the Edwardian home. Dr Suzannah Lipscomb discusses more dangers in disguise in this era, from poorly insulated electricity and asbestos, to poisonous make-up and radium.
- In this land of the most spectacular mountain landscape in Wales, Griff is challenged to find a Snowdon Lily - one of the rarest plants in the world.
- Jutting out into the Bristol Channel, the Gower Peninsula is one of the finest areas of unspoilt countryside in Wales. Griff's challenge is to prepare a feast for a local rugby hero.
- 2014– 22m7.2 (5)TV EpisodeWaking up in a Tipi in the "Wild West of Wales" - Griff discovers his challenge is to walk a Pembrokeshire corgi.
- Griff's Anglesey adventure begins on Ynys Gored Goch - a tiny island in the middle of the Menai Strait whose sole purpose is to trap fish. A message in a bottle informs Griff he has to find a puffin.
- Waking up in a tree house in the middle of an ancient wood Griff discovers his challenge - to find the Holy Grail. The Holy Grail?!. Luckily this is a land of myth, mystery and hidden treasures.
- Beginning his journey on the Great Orme, Griff is tasked with finding himself a traditional welsh dresser.
- Griff travels to the Border region of Wales where he walks across the top of the Severn Bridge, canoes up the River Wye and is challenged to perform the Welsh National Anthem.
- In the last episode of the series, Griff heads off to the Brecon Beacons, a huge area of national park in Wales where he takes to the air in a glider, learns about the area's second hand bookshops and is challenged to take a wild swim in a mountain lake.