The Secret World of Haute Couture
Margy Kinmonth meets millionaire customers and world-famous designers as she explores the anachronistic but little-explained pocket of the fashion industry known as haute couture.Start: 2026-09-17-231000
end: 2026-09-18-001000
Shark
Research is revealing that sharks can be sociable and intelligent, but these breakthroughs come just as many sharks face extinction. Science may now be the only way to save them.Start: 2026-09-18-001000
end: 2026-09-18-011000
Pubs, Ponds, and Power: The Story of the Village
Archaeologist Ben Robinson explores Lavenham in Suffolk, the best-preserved medieval village in the country. In the 16th century, Lavenham was one of the wealthiest places in England, becoming rich on its woollen cloth industry, but the industry declined and the wealthy abandoned Lavenham. By the 19th century it was a place of poverty, but today it is once more a jewel of a village.Start: 2026-09-18-011000
end: 2026-09-18-014000
Canals: The Making of a Nation
Liz McIvor tells the story of the people who operated the canal boats, carrying fuel and goods around the country.Start: 2026-09-18-014000
end: 2026-09-18-021000
