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- The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice.
- This documentary looks at the search for the remains of King Richard III of England (1452-1485). After being killed in the Battle of Bosworth Field (August 22, 1485), his remains were taken to Leicester and it was believed that he was buried at Greyfriars Church. The church no longer exists and its remains were now believed to be under a car park. Phillipa Langley of the Richard III Society convinced archaeologists at the University of Leicester to lead a dig and surprisingly, as it turned out, the first skeleton they found was subsequently proven to be that of the King through DNA tests which showed a match to Canadian Michael Ibsen, a direct descendant of Richard III's sister.
- A documentary series following various prehistoric creatures, depicting their way of lives as well as their lust for survival.
- Proposes a minute-by-minute chronology of the Chicxulub impact and its effect on the dinosaurs and other animals around the world.
- Biography of iconic rock balladeer Roy Orbison, told through his own words.
- This documentary examines the friendship between these two unique men and how the excess of shared parties, drugs and promiscuous sex destroyed their friendship and their lives.
- Astronomers who search for extrasolar planets were once thought of as crack-pots but are now at the forefront of astronomical research. The various methods used to locate and research these planets and the unexpected diversity of these bodies are described.
- A scientist is determined to find the cause of a bloody rain shower in his homeland of Sri Lanka; a New York woman is shocked to find the body of a mystery monster washed ashore near the Brooklyn Bridge.
- Egyptian historians and archaeologists attempt to solve the riddle of the Sphinx.
- Was America discovered by the Vikings? One map suggests it was, but a 2018 discovery may have another tale to tell.
- Take a look at Ian Fleming and the real-life story behind James Bond.
- Take a closer look at the family dynamic of the mighty Tyrannosaurus Rex and explore the aftermath of the asteroid that wiped out the majority of the dinosaur population.
- Archeologists search for and interpret tiny clues to determine the origin of the Sphinx and who it represents.
- How darts become one of Britain's most popular sports in the 1970s thanks to innovative ideas in television coverage and the increasing popularity of the top darts players.
- The roots of the Galician people, sardine cannery, Britain's long alliance with the Portuguese, Lisbon Portugal, Palace Square.
- Michael Portillo is invited aboard the construction locomotive for Crossrail to travel under the Thames and to meet Mary, on whom the project depends. He travels on the capital's first railway, and admires the remarkable brick viaduct on which it was built. He takes a tour underneath its arches with a Victorian map showing the poverty of those who once lived there. The Docklands Light Railway takes him to Greenwich, home to Britain's most famous tea clipper. And in Woolwich, he discovers the firepower of the British Empire before coming to a sticky end at West Silverton.
- Guided by his Bradshaw's, Michael Portillo takes the high-speed line to Stratford to explore the legacy of the Olympic Park. He hears how an Indian lawyer, who learnt his trade in Victorian London, went on to change the world and explores an area of the city which has been home to wave upon wave of immigrants, Spitalfields. He ends this journey at Victoria Underground Station, where he finds out about the massive makeover currently under way.
- Michael Portillo explores London's theatreland and discovers how 19th-century engineering made for spectacular theatricals. At Charing Cross, Michael learns about the ambitious building programme which saw Trafalgar Square replace streets of slums and comes face to face with George Bradshaw. At one of the busiest stops on the tube, Piccadilly Circus, Michael indulges in some retail therapy at a perfumery patronised by kings, queens and prime ministers. The Bakerloo to Oxford Circus line brings Michael to Soho and a grimmer side of Victorian London, where disease was rife.
- Michael embarks on a new journey following his Bradshaw's handbook from the heart of the industrial East Midlands to the north-eastern island of Lindisfarne
- Armed with his Bradshaw's, Michael continues his journey from Derby to Lindisfarne. Beginning in Boston in the flatlands of Lincolnshire, Michael explores the connection between the city and its American namesake.
- Steered by his Bradshaw's guide, Michael Portillo continues his journey from the heart of the East Midlands to Northumberland's Holy Island. He begins in Hessle, on the north bank of the River Humber, in the shadow of the magnificent Humber Bridge, where he learns about the technology that made it possible. In Kingston upon Hull, Michael meets his friend and sparring partner, local MP Alan Johnson, who tells him about another famous son of his city, William Wilberforce. In Scarborough, Michael's handbook directs him to the castle, where the founder of the Quaker movement was once imprisoned. His last stop of the day is York, where Michael learns what made the ancient capital a centre for the sweet-making industry.
- Following his Bradshaw's Handbook, Michael Portillo begins this leg of his journey from Derby to Lindisfarne in the Victorian ironopolis of Middlesbrough. He visits one of the last cast iron foundries in the city and helps cast a carrot valve for a steam engine. His next stop is Darlington, spiritual home of the railways, where he learns how the city profited from its fast connections to the capitals of England and Scotland by developing a newspaper industry. Michael meets the editor of the Northern Echo and finds out about the colourful history of one of his predecessors, WT Stead. At Jarrow, Michael visits the monastery to learn about its famous monk, the father of English history, Bede. His last stop on this leg of his journey is Hexham, where he visits a historic ginger beer emporium.
- Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford visit a £30 million hotel, talk to one of the world's leading interior designers Kelly Hoppen and are shown around luxury super-yachts in Ibiza.
- Michael takes pot luck on the snooker table as he investigates the Victorian origins of the game and finds out what it takes to produce the fine green cloth which smoothes the path of the balls.
- Michael begins a new journey through the home counties in Ashford, Kent, lending a hand at a state-of-the-art train maintenance plant, home to the High Speed 1 rolling stock - a modern railway hub in a Victorian railway town.
- Michael continues his train ride on Long Island, worthy of its name passing Brooklyn Bridge and by NY underground the Navy Yard military ship building, to Coney Island resort on New York Bay, a cradle of the modern entertainment industry. Record engineering is creating a new eastern terminal station to avoid massive commuting time waste across Manhattan. Alongside is a tycoon's staff model village Garden City. The wealthy built their summer houses or regular palaces first on the God Coast, later in the Hammonds. Long Island ends at Montauk, its lighthouse Land's End.
- A nearby market-leader remains Hershey, the Pennsylvanian town founded by the self-made founder of 'the' US candy bar firm which introduced milk chocolate outside Switzerland. The milk comes from the wide traditionalist countryside of the Pennsylvania Dutch: Amish, Mennonites and Brethren, Anabaptists fleeing persecution from Switzerland, Germania, Low Countries and Scandinavia. Michael ends in Gettysburg, site of the turn-point battle in the Secession War and Lincoln's Address.
- The design, construction and operational history of the two greatest battleships ever built - the Japanese super-battleships Yamato and Musashi.
- Eamonn and Ruth get the chance to nosy around a twenty million pound mansion belonging to a multi-millionaire complete with its own bowling alley, golf course, football pitch and cinema.