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- The life of Winston Churchill, one of history's greatest leaders and figures.
- A collection of some of the most infamous moments in television history from around the world featuring technical difficulties, accidents, mishaps and on-screen meltdowns. Narrated by Sarah Greene with contributions from TV stars.
- Bio-pic of Britain's World War 1 Prime Minister.
- The extraordinary story of the Maoist cult that came to light when 3 women emerged from a small flat in Brixton, South London in 2013. A tiny political sect formed in the 1970s had turned into a bizarre religious cult.
- Footage of Charles, some previously unseen, narrated by specially-selected old interviews with the King and Queen Camilla.
- The Britannia Bridge, spanning the Menai Strait to link the island of Anglesey to mainland Wales, was designed and built by railway engineer Robert Stephenson in 1850. On 23 May 1970 a catastrophic fire, caused by boys dropping a burning torch while playing inside, led to the destruction of its iconic rectangular tube sections. It was rebuilt as a steel truss-arch bridge, with a road deck above the railway. This programme, made to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the fire, looks at the history of the bridge, the effect of the fire and the rebuilding of it afterwards.
- Moira Stuart narrates a selection of clips of memorable moments when live news broadcasts went wrong. From graphics getting it wrong, guests storming off set to newsreaders making slip-ups and gaffes live on air.
- In a secluded valley in Wales, what may be a medieval or even Roman trackway leads down to a natural spring. In the middle a megalith, a large standing stone, perhaps 3000 years older than the track and what appears to be a Neolithic tomb.
- The origins of his familial wealth resulted in the discovery of a rich businessman who had adopted his great-grandfather after his father died in an Trap (carriage) accident and his mother died of syphilis and was classed a lunatic. Their great grandfather not a Whitehalls but Thomas Jones Phillips was an anti-democratic Conservative Party members determined to squash working-class rights of the welsh. His ancestor was part of a Conservative movement that prevent the working classes leader John Frost (Chartist) from earning the right to vote and helped bring down the local hero, who spread democracy through early Victorian Wales. While he read the Riot Act from the Westgate Inn, Phillips was shot but not killed. In retaliation they fired on the crowd killing 20 plus people. Phillips helped in the arrest of John Frost and gave evidence at his subsequent trial in Monmouth resulting in him being sentenced to death but latter transportation for life to Australia.
- Rob Bell travels to Bangor, where he explores a lost line that was built in 1801 to transport Welsh slate from the local quarry, down to the sea.
- Cliff heads to the sprawling Pine Barrens of New Jersey to track down the mythical Jersey Devil-a terrifying creature with bat wings, a long tail, and a horse's head.
- The return of summer brings hordes of tourists to the village and weddings are non-stop for wedding planner Delyth. Portmeirion staff celebrate the work of Susan Williams-Ellis.
- The second leg of his journey takes Sean along the Llyn Peninsula in north west Wales. Sean starts his journey at Bangor where he joins the crew of 1930s sailing ship the Vilma to help steer her down the Menai Strait. This narrow stretch of water separates Anglesey from North Wales and has a reputation for being one of the world's most treacherous passages to navigate, with the notorious 'Swellies', a maze of shallow rocks and whirlpools lurking under the surface.
- The fifth leg of his journey takes Sean around Carmarthen Bay and the Gower Peninsula. His journey in south-west Wales takes in highlights from Pendine Sands to Worms Head with stops to collect cockles in Ferryside and a visit to a community project on Gower. Sean's first stop in Carmarthenshire is Pendine beach where he finds out about a legendary land speed record duel between Malcolm Campbell and Welshman John Parry-Thomas in the 1920s.
- Actress and screenwriter Ruth Jones returns to her Welsh seaside hometown to explore the fascinating family line of her great great great grandfather on her mother's side, a hardworking 19th century merchant ship captain from New Quay, and the highly successful and noble, yet cruelly ironic career of her grandfather on her father's side who worked as the secretary for the Medical Aid Society, a self-financed workers' healthcare organization which directly inspired the formation of the NHS only to eventually end up getting disbanded by the government as superfluous.
- The team investigate a terraced house in the former mining village of Ynyshir in the Rhondda Valley, South Wales. Can they identify a menacing spirit and finally bring peace to this property?
- Griff Rhys Jones follows the mighty Severn and its neighbour, the Wye. He also attempts to bog snorkel, meets druids for a ritual water blessing and sleeps in a hermit's cave.
- Izzie Balmer and Tim Medhurst set off on a road trip around north Wales looking for antiques to buy. Along the way, Izzie learns about the Menai suspension bridge and Tim takes a trip on the world's oldest narrow gauge railway.
- Izzie and Tim continue their Welsh road trip, buying a traditional Welsh lady's outfit and a lion-shaped pincushion respectively. Izzie learns about an ancient Welsh musical instrument while Tim explores an abandoned mine.
- Izzie finds an ornament made by a soldier during World War I and takes a detour to learn about Aneurin Bevan, the politician who created the NHS. Tim discovers some 100-year-old chocolate and visits a country park built on an old colliery.
- The penultimate leg of their trip sees Izzie find some maps and learn about a shameful event in Cardiff's history while Tim discovers a William Gladstone commemorative medal and learns how the Welsh language was saved from extinction.