Michael Palin travels to France in search of the Mediterranean view on his wall, captured by his favourite artist, Scottish painter Anne Redpath. He travels from a London bank, via a chateau in Cap Ferrat and a monastery in Edinburgh.
Musician, actor and dad of three Matt Willis may seem to have it all. He's part of the hugely successful noughties pop band, Busted, has a flourishing acting career and is happily married to TV presenter Emma Willis,...
Rob Rinder and Rylan are setting off on the original package holiday — the Grand Tour. The pair are presenters, friends, and men who love the finer things in life — and now they're going to discover the greatest art...
John McFall wants to become the world's first astronaut with a physical disability.
New research in India suggests heat can double the risk of stillbirth and miscarriage.
Kenneth Clark looks at the beginnings of revolutionary politics in the 18th century. His theme takes him from great palaces like Blenheim and Versailles, to Edinburgh, and to the hills of Virginia where Thomas Jefferson...
Armed with his interwar copy of Bradshaw's Guide to the Railways, Michael reaches the Kent seaside resort of Herne Bay, where he learns about a pioneering aviatrix who began her working life as a typist in Hull but whose...
When a mutant gene causing Alzheimer's is discovered in the Jennings family, it leads scientists on a journey to develop a cure and leaves family members with a terrible dilemma. The Jennings are the first family in the...
Michael Portillo follows his 1930s Bradshaw's guide to the unspoilt East Sussex Cinque Port of Rye. On the windswept harbour beach, he hears how, in 1928, a generation of lifeboatmen lost their lives in a tragic rescue...
Michael Portillo joins Navy Wings pilots for a spectacular close formation flight in the skies over Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton. He also visits the magnificent Elizabethan mansion of Longleat, seat of the...
Chef Rick Stein celebrates John Betjeman's long love affair with the English seaside holiday and his deep affection for Cornwall. He travels around the area, speaking to people who remember the poet's visits, including...
Michael Portillo reaches England's south coast to continue his exploration of postwar Britain. He begins in Dorset on the Swanage Railway, riding a glorious 1940s steam locomotive on the trail of one of Britain's most...
