Full Steam Ahead
Victorian Railways: The Age of Steam was an era of extraordinary change which utterly transformed every aspect of British life from trade and transportation to health and recreation. This series…
Georgian Pleasures
Dr Kate Lister explores drugs, booze and celebrities of the Georgian age navigating the astronomical impact of gin in the 18th century, who was drinking it and how they were…
Dr Kate Lister: Forbidden Royal Romances
Kate climb's under the sheets and into the arms of the first Stuart King of England, James I and VI of Scotland. We’ll find out what made George Villiers stand…
Britain’s Celtic languages explained
The Celtic languages have been in Britain since long before the English language even existed. In this video I speak to speakers of 5 different Celtic languages: Cornish, Welsh, Manx,…
Inside a Writer’s Victorian Flat Built Around the Seasons
Rosie Steer, author of Slow Seasons, and her Victorian tenement in Edinburgh.
Inside a Renovated Council Flat by the Sea in Newhaven, Edinburgh
Eileen Inglis moved into a 1960s ex-local authority flat in Newhaven with lower ceilings than she’d been used to, a smaller kitchen, and not a trace of Georgian. She had…
Inside Richard Murphy’s Unusual Home in Edinburgh
In Edinburgh’s New Town, architect Richard Murphy built himself a house that behaves like a three-dimensional puzzle. Nine levels stack into a tiny plot. Rooms borrow space from each other.…
The busy beavers bringing wetlands back to the UK | WILD HOPE
The surprise return of beavers to the British countryside brings benefits and controversy for humans and wildlife alike. The work of these famously busy rodents increases local biodiversity, reduces storm-induced…
Britain’s Hidden Gardens | Monty Don’s British Gardens
Monty journeys from Scotland’s wild north-west coastline to the north-east of England, exploring some of the country’s harshest landscapes. Against all odds, he discovers gardens that thrive in these unforgiving…
Not Just the Tudors: When Elves & Fairies Lived Among Us
In the mist‑shrouded Highlands, a quiet minister dared to trespass into forbidden realms. Convinced that fairies were not mere fables but a hidden nation with laws and lives of their…