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Documentary examining the chain of events that led to the maritime disaster in April 1912, when the ship struck an iceberg in the north Atlantic and went down with around 1,500 passengers and crew. From the procedure for fixing rivets into the ship's bows, the delays in its construction that pushed the maiden voyage into perilous iceberg season, and the astonishing fact that the lookouts on watch that fateful night had no access to binoculars, this film reveals the 10 key mistakes that conspired to sink the supposedly unsinkable Titanic

Professor Alice Roberts and Dr Yasmin Khan investigate the excavation of a vast Georgian cemetery near Euston Station to make way for the HS2 rail link. They discover what the site reveals about the lives of the people who were buried there, from the founders of Christie's auction house to a small child who was accidentally buried alive

Part one of two. Over 4,000 years ago, the ancient kingdom of Egypt, collapsed and disappeared. The mighty pharaohs, who had reigned supreme for more than seven centuries, lost control and the land was plunged into 150 years of chaos and civil war. In this documentary, a team of archaeologists examines the Tomb of the Warriors, a rare mass grave dating to the fall of the Old Kingdom, when political infighting and a changing climate brought down an empire

Telling the story of the Second World War battle. In May 1941, 14,000 German paratroopers supported by nearly 1,000 aircraft were dropped on the island of Crete in a unique blitzkrieg operation. Part one of three

An exploration of the US presidential family's internal dynamics, including the influential matriarchs, sibling ambitions and competitive spirit that drove them to power. After returning from war, George HW Bush was reunited with his sweetheart Barbara. They married and had their first child - another future president