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The most challenging and intriguing questions facing scienceThe physicist reflects on the most challenging and intriguing questions facing science today, using material from his past programmes and the latest scientific research. He begins by looking at how far the exploration of the cosmos can go, believing that humanity is at the start of a new age of travel where space flight is on the verge of becoming routine
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S14E06
Michael Portillo travels from London's Docklands to the BarbicanMichael Portillo travels from London's Docklands to the Barbican, examining the story of the arrival at Tilbury in 1948 of the Empire Windrush, which brought more than a thousand passengers from the Caribbean to work in Britain. In Limehouse, Michael reflects on the Labour Party's landslide victory at the post-war general election of 1945 and hears what drove new prime minister Clement Attlee to strive for social change
19:30
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Julia Bradbury climbs Pillar RockJulia Bradbury journeys through the remote valley of Ennerdale to follow the path across one of Alfred Wainwright's favourite fells and into the mountainous landscape, before climbing the famous Lake District crag Pillar Rock
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Oppressed Mexican villagers cross the border into America looking to buy guns to defend their homes and crops from bandits. Instead they encounter an enigmatic loner who persuades them to hire a band of gunslingers to teach the villagers how to fight before the marauders return. Western, with Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn, James Coburn and Eli Wallach
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Michael Parkinson in conversation with stage and screen star Yul Brynner
Michael Parkinson in conversation with stage and screen star Yul Brynner. Featuring film clips from The Ten Commandments, The King and I, The Magnificent Seven and Catlow. First broadcast 17 June 1972
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Three Jewish brothers escape into the woods during the 1939 Nazi invasion of Poland, and launch a series of guerrilla attacks on German forces. As word of their actions spreads, other refugees join them to form a larger resistance movement. However, one of the brothers fears their struggle is doomed. Second World War drama, starring Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber and Jamie Bell
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The broadcaster explores the fantasy genreThe broadcaster explores the conventions of the fantasy genre, profiling key figures including JRR Tolkien, CS Lewis and Terry Pratchett and chatting to best-selling writers Neil Gaiman, Alan Garner and Frances Hardinge
02:15
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Michael Portillo travels from London's Docklands to the BarbicanMichael Portillo travels from London's Docklands to the Barbican, examining the story of the arrival at Tilbury in 1948 of the Empire Windrush, which brought more than a thousand passengers from the Caribbean to work in Britain. In Limehouse, Michael reflects on the Labour Party's landslide victory at the post-war general election of 1945 and hears what drove new prime minister Clement Attlee to strive for social change
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Julia Bradbury climbs Pillar RockJulia Bradbury journeys through the remote valley of Ennerdale to follow the path across one of Alfred Wainwright's favourite fells and into the mountainous landscape, before climbing the famous Lake District crag Pillar Rock
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