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- Lucy Worsley gets into bed with our past monarchs to uncover the Tales from the Royal Bedchamber. She reveals that our obsession with royal bedrooms, births and succession is nothing new. In fact, the rise and fall of their magnificent beds reflects the changing fortunes of the monarchy itself.
- This fanciful film playfully documents Wyman's celebrated life. From his impoverished childhood of England. through the early years of the Stones, to his relationship with longtime girlfriend Astrid and his current obsession with computers.
- An examination of the common household hazards of the typical modern residences of 1950s Britain.
- Clive James bids goodbye to the 1980s with a wry and witty review of the decade, looking at some of the main personalities and events of the past ten years, and special guest Jerry Hall presents the awards of the decade.
- Jeremy and Sasha examine a curious case of poisoning in Croydon in 1907 that caused the demise of an innocent family. The great-grandsons of the man convicted of the ghastly deed want to learn the truth about their ancestor.
- Historian David Olusoga pays his first visit to Ravensworth Terrace and investigates a vengeful lawyer, a scientist faced with financial ruin and a doctor entangled in a workhouse scandal.
- Daniel find out his Jewish ancestor was accused of fraud at a time when being Jewish, was seen as an outsider though out Europe hate speech was on the rise. He's grandfather on his mothers side owned a jewelry shop in London and after fire his grandfather was main suspect making him feel like there was not was out he wrote a note and took his own life. He also follows up on Irish ancestry.
- Kate finds out her she has Scandinavian heritage and they come from Sweden and her great great great grandfather Andrew johns son was found guilty of stealing potatoes for food and had previous of stealing beehive. He was sentenced to being whipped for his crime by the whipping never took place due to his death. His son however did not follow his path but trained to become a tailor and moved to London for work. On her mother Irish side a grenadier guards drummer called William colquhounin worked at Buckingham palace and he become major and gave out punishment whipping those who stepped out of line, but had started from the bottom at age 11 and had a clean record. After service move to Devon and become Dartmoor's prison warden. Kate also tells of her childhood growing up in Devon and speaks openly about how she did not come from money growing up in reading.
- Mark Wright, an entertainment reporter and former footballer finds, out his grandfather's family come from Spain. Mark learns he was related to a sword fighter, who was tortured during the Spanish Inquisition because of his Jewish faith.
- 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.
- The barristers investigate their oldest case yet, the drowning of a female passenger aboard a commercial narrow boat in Staffordshire in 1839, for which boatmen were convicted and publicly hanged.
- Sasha and Jeremy examine the brutal murder of a 41-year-old landlady in Leeds in 1926, for which the prime suspect, a 31-year-old mother, was convicted and hanged.
- Jeremy and Sasha examine the violent assault and murder of a teenage girl in south east London in 1918 and how a button and a badge found near her body led to the conviction of a former serviceman.
- The barristers investigate whether a canalside murder in 1927 by a man impersonating a police officer led to a miscarriage of justice. A young couple were stopped by a man claiming to be a policeman, who then attacked them.
- Sasha and Jeremy investigate whether the shooting of a gentleman farmer in rural Staffordshire in 1893 was really carried out by the 19-year-old rabbit poacher who was hanged for the crime or if it was actually his father who was guilty.
- Was a wealthy female tenant poisoned by her landlord, to whom she had signed over her assets just before her death in the belief that he would look after her recently adopted 10-year-old son?
- Anita Rani begins her voyage along the Ganges, taking a close look at Sagar Island, the history of the Bengal tiger, and the city of Kolkata.
- Gregg visits a factory that produces 200,000 canapes every 24 hours. Cherry discovers the perfect way to cook a turkey and visits a candle maker. Ruth learns the origins of Christmas traditions.
- George returns to a grand Victorian villa in Ormskirk to tackle the next stage of its renovation - the giant kitchen and utility area. He also visits a Victorian flat in London that has seen better days.
- 2016– 47mTV EpisodeGeorge takes on a classic 1930s terraced home with a tiny kitchen and two mismatched fireplaces. He also revisits a Victorian home that he previously helped renovate.
- The documentary series returns with Gregg visiting a huge bakery in Cornwall that makes 180,000 Cornish pasties a day. Cherry explores the wonderful world of the onion and Ruth debunks some common Cornish pasty myths.
- Gregg visits an enormous foundry in northern France that produces a cast iron pot every five seconds. Cherry visits an iron ore mine in South Africa and Ruth learns how one-pot cooking evolved.
- The third series concludes by tracing the lives of 10 Guinea Street's occupants through World War Two to the present day, discovering stories of love, loss and renewal.
- David begins to uncover the history of 5, Grosvenor Mount, Leeds starting with its first resident - an idealistic Victorian lawyer. He learns the rags to riches story of later resident Ann Dawson and of master builder William Nicholson.
- David uncovers the story of the next resident of the house, a ruthless factory owner. He learns of a pacifist couple who took a stand against the Boer War and of Edward Partridge Fearnley, who worked on luxury ships in the 1920s.
- David follows the trails of a traumatised soldier on the run, a family man who is at breaking point and a married couple with a shared interest in the spiritual movement of theosophy, one of whom developed an interest in the paranormal.
- WWII puts residents of Number 5 in danger. Leeds is a shock to a Greek war bride with a tragic past. The post-war period sees No. 5 home to a film critic and his wife. There is a return for students who lived here at the Millennium.
- The actress learns how her grandmother on her dad's side, Greta, acquired the middle name Verdun. On her mum's side, Jodie discovers how her great-great-grandfather worked his way up from child labourer in a coal mine to owning one.
- Comedian David Walliams learns about his great-grandfather on his father's side, a tragic shell-shocked World War One veteran, and his great-great-grandfather on his mother's side, a blind organ grinder turned successful traveling showman.
- 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.
- Actress Liz Carr learns about her orphaned grandfather on her mother's side, a naval WWI veteran involved in the Northern Patrol who joined the merchant navy after the war to see the world, and her paternal Irish great-great-great-grandfather, a revered tenant farmer involved in a Ribbonist plot to assassinate the local wealthy landlord, unsympathetic to his tenant farmers' plight, in rural Northern Ireland in the 1850s.
- In a Bristol graveyard, the team investigate the grisly discovery of sliced-open human skulls and explore their connection with a local hospital, a celebrated surgeon, and the crime of body-snatching
- Barristers Sasha and Jeremy explore a classic whodunnit from 1922 in which a lowly pantry boy was charged with the murder of a titled lady in a London hotel.
- Barristers Sasha and Jeremy re-investigate a lethal shooting from 1937, when a barge captain was allegedly murdered by his best friend.
- Jeremy and Sasha re-investigate a notorious case of matricide dating from the 1920s. Did flawed forensic evidence see an innocent man hanged?
- Fiona Bruce and Philip Mould investigate a painting that depicts the terrible aftermath of a battle. Owned by Kathy and Barry Romeril, who bought it in 1987, there are suspicions it may be a work by Victorian artist Edwin Landseer that was previously thought to have been destroyed by a flood in 1928. If so, the painting could be worth as much as £80,000.
- How four iconic British-built trains revolutionised rail travel and inspired incredible railway projects the world over. The Flying Scotsman was the first train to break the 100mph barrier. Travelling aboard this iconic steam locomotive, cameras reveal the engineering brilliance behind its design, and there's also a look into the new era of high-speed rail, including the opening of the Eurostar.
- Comedian Joe Lycett learns about his funny and not so funny ancestors.
- Archaeologist Ben Robinson visits Alnmouth on England's north east coast and discovers the village's historical role in feeding the nation.
- Former politician Ed Balls learns the dark and tragic story of his troubled ancestors.
- Death in Paradise star Ralf Little leaves the sun-drenched Caribbean well behind as he heads to the Orkney Islands off the north coast of Scotland to investigate his grandfather Arthur's experiences during World War II.
- Gregg visits a factory that churns out fifty thousand litres of dairy ice cream every day, while Cherry Healey enlists an ice hockey team to test the best methods of stopping brain freeze.
- Shamil buys an '80s Atari which is a more complex fix than it first appears. Rob needs to unravel a previous owner's modifications before he can get it working again.
- Una Stubbs never met her paternal grandparents even though, as she discovers in this film, they didn't die until she was in her 20's.
- Nigel Havers is usually cast in upper class roles, but his roots turn out to be very different.
- Sarah Millican is astonished to discover that her three times great grandfather was one of the first ever divers in the world.
- John Simpson always thought his great grandfather was Samuel F Cody, famous for being the first person to fly in Britain and a Wild West entertainer.
- Gary Lineker follows the trail of his great, great great grandfather James Pratt, and discovers that James was a poacher in Victorian England and served time in Leicester Prison.