Omnibus Episodes Episode guide
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Last Ditch Stand
The story of the British resistance movement during World War Two
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Trokosi Women
What happens to the estimated 30,000 African women held in ritual servitude?
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Death Foretold
How common is murder in Chicago?
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The Last Voice
The San people of the Kalahari Desert and the fight to preserve their language
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Paul Robeson - A Welcome in the Hillside
How the plight of unemployed Welsh miners led to the political awakening of Paul Robeson
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Lenin
A revisionist profile of the communist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin
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Fox Hunting
A look at the world of fox hunting in the UK as it faces being banned
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The 2000 Mile Harvest
Bringing in the wheat harvest in the USA
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Fighters
The life of the fighter pilot and their role in air warfare
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Pablo Fanque
A profile of the first non-white circus proprietor in Britain
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Make Do and Mend
Blacksmith Ron Carter talks about the philosphy of 'make do and mend'
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In the Wake of Colmcille
The recreation of St Colmcille's journey to Iona in a currach
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Partition
A look back at the Partition of India in 1947
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The Mercury Thirteen
'They had the right stuff but they were the wrong sex'. Female astronauts in 1961
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An Indian Pacific Journey
Crossing Australia by train on the Indian Pacific Express
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Thrill Seekers
A look at the variety of thrill-seeking physical challenges available around the world
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Trucker's Tale
A journey with a long distance truck-driver in South Africa
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Richard Mabey on Nightingales
Richard Mabey discusses nightingales and what makes their song so special
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Last Flight of Amelia Earhart
A profile of the the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean
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Marriage Made in Malta
MARRIAGE MADE IN MALTA - rising divorce rates in Malta
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Nien Cheng
Writer Nien Cheng talks about living through the Chinese Cultural Revolution
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The Day Apartheid Died - Soweto Uprising
People who were there recall the events of the 1976 Soweto Uprising
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The Donner Party
The story of The Donner Party, a 2500 mile pioneering trek from Illinois to California
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Royal Yacht Britannia
The story of the Royal Yacht Britannia, 'symbol of a modern Elizabethan age'
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Breath
Breath and breathing and how various cultures have interpreted it's importance to life
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A Greedy Eye
T.P. FLANAGAN PROGRAMME ON IRELAND
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Kevin's Story
The judicial aftermath of a fatal car crash
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Music and Madness
The story of Bangali mystic singer Paban Das Baul and his British collaborator Sam Mills
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Stimela
A profile of the South African music band Stimela
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Assassins
Political assassination, a look at how and why it happens