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Documentary series which ranges widely over Britain's social and cultural history, its narrative-led storytelling offering a richly immersive and varied window onto the past.
Episode 9 : Crime and Punishment - The Story of Capital Punishment
April. 05,2011
Documentary tracing the story of the ultimate sanction, examining such matters as the protocols of the public execution and the 'science' of hanging.
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Episode 8 : Crime and Punishment - The Story of Corporal Punishment
April. 04,2011
Documentary lifting the veil on the taboo that is corporal punishment, revealing a history spanning religion, the justice system, sex and education.
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Episode 7 : The Modern Age of the Coach
January. 12,2011
Documentary bringing the story of the coach up to date, exploring the most recent phase of Britain's love affair with four-wheeled group travel from school trips to Indian treks.
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Episode 6 : The Golden Age of Coach Travel
January. 05,2011
Documentary which journeys back to the 1950s when the coach was king. Those who had not travelled beyond their own villages and towns were given a taste of exploration and freedom.
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Episode 5 : Italian Noir: The Story of Italian Crime Fiction
December. 27,2010
Profile of a new wave of Italian crime fiction that has emerged to challenge the conventions of the detective novel - a dark world of corruption, unsolved murders and the mafia.
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Episode 4 : Nordic Noir: The Story of Scandinavian Crime Fiction
December. 20,2010
Documentary which investigates the success of Scandinavian crime fiction, from Stieg Larsson's bestselling Millennium trilogy to Henning Mankell's brooding Wallander series.
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Episode 3 : When Britain Went Wild
October. 05,2010
Documentary exploring how, in the 1960s, the British people fell in love with animals and how endangered species and wildlife protection became an intrinsic part of our culture.
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Episode 2 : 1960: The Year of the North
September. 14,2010
The story of how the north went from being Britain's economic engine room to cultural powerhouse. Andrew Martin explores how the north liberated itself and the country as a whole.
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Episode 1 : The North on a Plate
September. 08,2010
Cultural historian Andrew Hussey follows his success with France on a Plate by travelling back to his homeland, the north west of England, in search of its lost food culture.
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