Duration: 29'05''
Galileo's ideas challenging views of the world.
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S2E1: Challenger Disaster | Days That Shook the World
Documentaries examining famous air disasters, including the Challenger Space Shuttle disaster in 1986.
S2E1: Disaster in the Sky: The Hindenburg | Days That Shook the World
Documentaries examining famous air disasters, including the Hindenburg crash in 1937.
S2E10: Affairs of the Crown: The Execution of Anne Boleyn | Days That Shook the World
A British royal scandal: the trial and execution of Queen Anne Boleyn.
S2E10: The Abdication of Edward VIII | Days That Shook the World
A British royal scandal: the abdication of Edward VIII.
S2E2: The Christmas Truce | Days That Shook the World
An account of Christmas Day in 1914, when German and British soldiers initiated a spontaneous truce across the frontline.
S2E3: Attack on Pearl Harbor | Days That Shook the World
The 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, which changed world history.
S2E4: Grand Heist: The Theft of the Crown Jewels | Days That Shook the World
The theft of the Crown Jewels on May 9, 1671.
S2E4: The Great Train Robbery | Days That Shook the World
The Great Train Robbery on August 8, 1963.
S2E5: Conspiracy to Kill: The Real Day of the Jackal | Days That Shook the World
Assassination attempts by secret organizations, with Adolf Hitler as the intended victim.
S2E5: Wolf's Lair | Days That Shook the World
Assassination attempts by secret organizations, with Charles de Gaulle as the intended victim.
S2E6: Yuri Gagarin's Flight | Days That Shook the World
Yuri Gagarin's journey as the first man in space.
S2E7: Dinosaurs & Duplicity: Discovery of the First Dinosaur | Days That Shook the World
Using dramatized reconstructions, this program recalls the first discovery of a dino...
S2E7: Piltdown Man | Days That Shook the World
Using dramatized reconstructions, this program recalls the 'Piltdown Man' hoax in 1953.
S2E8: Oklahoma City bombing | Days That Shook the World
How the commercial airplane has been used as a terrorist weapon: the Lockerbie disaster in 1988.
S2E8: Terrorism: Assassination of Abraham Lincoln | Days That Shook the World
How the commercial airplane has been used as a terrorist weapon: the Black September hijacking ...
S2E9: Cold War Spies: 1960 U-2 incident | Days That Shook the World
This program focuses on the shooting down of the US U-2 spy plane in 1960.
S2E9: Spy swap of Abel, Pryor and Powers | Days That Shook the World
This program focuses on the exchange of pilot Gary Powers and Soviet spy Colonel Abel in 1962.
1: The Age of Discovery | Howard Goodall's Story of Music
Composer Howard Goodall traces the development of music from the religious 'Gregorian' chant to the growth of instr...
1: The Renaissance Arrives | A Very British Renaissance
Dr James Fox traces the story of how the arrival of a few foreign artists in the 16th century sparked a cultural revo...
2: The Elizabethan Code | A Very British Renaissance
Dr James Fox examines the Elizabethans' love of codes and complexity, and the cultural revolution sparked by an age of e...
3: Picturing Paradise | Civilisations
Simon Schama explores the depiction of nature. Simon discovers that landscape painting is seldom a straightforward description of obser...
3: The Age of Elegance & Sensibility | Howard Goodall's Story of Music
Howard Goodall looks at the age in which composers went from being the paid servants of princes and ar...
3: Whose Renaissance? | A Very British Renaissance
Dr James Fox explores how tension between two cultures - one courtly and European, one home-grown and vital - helped bring...
4: The Eye of Faith | Civilisations
Professor Mary Beard explores the controversial topic of religion and art. How, and at what cost, do different religions make the unseen ...
5: The Triumph of Art | Civilisations
Simon Schama examines how traditions developed in the years following the Renaissances.
7: Radiance | Civilisations
Simon Schama starts his meditation on colour and civilisation with the great Gothic cathedrals of Amiens and Chartres. He then moves to 16th-cent...
Episode 1 | The Silk Road
Sam Willis traces the story of the famous trade route. He explores Venice's Renaissance architecture and art before travelling to the beginning of ...
Florence | Italy's Invisible Cities
Using the latest 3D scanning technology, Alexander Armstrong and Dr Michael Scott explore the romantic city of Florence.
Venice | Italy's Invisible Cities
Using the latest 3D scanning technology, Alexander Armstrong and Dr Michael Scott explore the watery wonderland of Venice.
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