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The historian explores how the past is a concoction of stories and untruths
The historian explores how the past is a concoction of stories and untruths manipulated by whoever was in power at the time. She begins with the dynastic conflict known today as the Wars of the Roses. Lucy explores how Shakespeare's history plays have fixed the way most people look at the feud between the houses of Lancaster and York. But he based his version of events on a narrative invented and shaped by Henry VII, the victorious Lancastrian who went on to found the Tudor dynasty
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S01E05

An examination of the country's heartland
Examining the heartland of the country, home to ancient structures such as the Great Wall and modern buildings like Beijing's Olympic Stadium, as well as animals including the giant panda and golden snub-nosed monkey. However, the region holds even deeper cultural significance as the land of origin of China's most populous ethnic group the Han people - whose 5,000-year-old traditions are increasingly under threat
20:00

With Patrick Mower, Russell Harty, Nanette Newman and Gabrielle Drake.
Robert Robinson presides over another duel of words and wits as Patrick Mower, Russell Harty, Nanette Newman and Gabrielle Drake join captains Frank Muir and Patrick Campbell. First broadcast in 1976
20:30

With Polly Elwes, Richard Baker and John Julius Norwich
Joseph Cooper invites viewers to match their musical wits against panellists Polly Elwes, Richard Baker and John Julius Norwich. With guest musician Yvonne Minton. First broadcast in 1976
21:00

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How the solar system will come to an end in approximately eight billion years
The story of how the solar system will be transformed by the ageing Sun, before coming to an end in approximately eight billion years. Astronomers can predict how it will happen by analysing distant galaxies, stars and planets in their final moments, and the programme brings these predictions to life with a giant scale model of the solar system spread out all over a town in the American Midwest
22:00

The story of the two Voyager space probes
The story of the twin Voyager probes, launched 16 days apart in 1977 and which continue to beam back revolutionary information across unimaginable distances. This film tells the tales of these machines, the men and women who built them, and the vision that propelled them farther than anyone could ever have hoped
23:30

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Examining periods of British sculpture, beginning with the medieval era
Alastair Sooke examines the three 'golden ages' of British sculpture and the technical breakthroughs that made them possible. He begins with a look at the Norman ecclesiastical building programme and the masterworks created by anonymous medieval masons and artisans to the glory of God - until Henry VIII's Reformation brought wholesale destruction
00:30

With Polly Elwes, Richard Baker and John Julius Norwich
Joseph Cooper invites viewers to match their musical wits against panellists Polly Elwes, Richard Baker and John Julius Norwich. With guest musician Yvonne Minton. First broadcast in 1976
01:00

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Rachel Perkins explores the bloody battles fought on Australian soil
Film-maker Rachel Perkins journeys across the country to explore the bloody battles fought on Australian soil and the war that established the Australian nation. She begins with the story of the Australia's first wars and the First Nations people who died in them
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S01E05

An examination of the country's heartland
Examining the heartland of the country, home to ancient structures such as the Great Wall and modern buildings like Beijing's Olympic Stadium, as well as animals including the giant panda and golden snub-nosed monkey. However, the region holds even deeper cultural significance as the land of origin of China's most populous ethnic group the Han people - whose 5,000-year-old traditions are increasingly under threat
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