Wainwright Walks
Julia Bradbury climbs to the summit of Castle Crag in Britain's wettest vale, the Borrowdale Valley, Cumbria. Her aim is to discover why it was the only one of the 214 fells included in Alfred Wainwright's pictorial guides with a height of less than 1,000ft.Start: 2025-05-09-012500
end: 2025-05-09-015500
Pubs, Ponds and Power: The Story of the Village
Archaeologist Ben Robinson explores the history of Milton Abbas in Dorset, discovering one man's wealth and power led to a town being wiped from the map and replaced with Capability Brown's picture perfect village as part of the landowner's showpiece estate.Start: 2025-05-09-015500
end: 2025-05-09-022500
Shipwrecks: Britain's Sunken History
Maritime historian Dr Sam Willis reveals the stories behind some of the shipwrecks that surround Britain's coastline. He begins by examining how the top-heavy Mary Rose became a source of national embarrassment and discovers why the wrecking of the Spanish Armada was so unexpected. He also considers the terrifying real-life disasters that inspired two great castaway tales - The Tempest by William Shakespeare and Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe.Start: 2025-05-09-022500
end: 2025-05-09-032500
TOTP: 1997
Jayne Middlemiss presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 14 November 1997. Featuring Natalie Imbruglia, Gary Barlow, Moby, Barbra Streisand and Celine Dion, PF Project featuring Ewan McGregor, Jon Bon Jovi, Texas and Aqua.Start: 2025-05-09-190000
end: 2025-05-09-193000
