Time Team Special - Washingborough, Lincs - "Three thousand years ago the River Witham, just outside Lincoln, was very different to what it is today. The river itself, which is now channelled in a virtually straight canal, was then very much wider, 100 metres or more across in parts, winding its way through reed beds and marshes. And higher sea levels at that time meant that the coast was much further inland, with tides reaching the modern-day village of Washingborough. ... "
God Bless America - "George W Bush was one of the most openly religious presidents in American history. After his eight-year term of office ended this November, this documentary takes a look at the political future for America's conservative Christians... "
Lost For Words: Tonight - "Angie Mason looks at why some children arrive a primary school unable to string a proper sentence together, and how this lack of early development could affect their whole lives."
Horizon: Jimmy's GM Food Fight - "Jimmy Doherty, pig farmer, one-time scientist and poster-boy for sustainable food production is on a mission to find out if GM crops really can feed the world. We need to double the amount of food we produce in the next fifty years to feed the world's growing population. Are GM crops the answer? Or are they a dangerous Frankenstein technology that could start an environmental catastrophe? To find the answers Jimmy is on a journey that will take him from the cutting-edge technology of the GM laboratories to the banana plantations of Uganda."
High Society's Favourite Gigolo - "Channel 4's High Society season of fascinating documentaries examining secret scandals and notorious figures from the higher echelons of British society continues with the amazing but largely forgotten story of the meteoric rise and pitiful fall of Britain's first black superstar."
Francesco's Venice - "Francesco's Venice brings us the epic story of Venice, seen through the eyes of Francesco da Mosto, a descendent of one of the oldest and most distinguished Venetian families, whose ancestral history is inextricably intertwined with that of Venice. The book accompanies the BBC TWO series, in which Francesco takes viewers on an engaging and entertaining journey through Venice's history and the secrets and mysteries of its canals, palaces and homes... "
Travels with Vasari - "The first of two documentaries exploring the extraordinary achievement of the chronicler of the Italian Renaissance, Giorgio Vasari, author of the monumental Lives of the Artists. On a spectacular journey through Renaissance Italy, Andrew Graham-Dixon goes in search of the shadowy figure who wrote arguably the most important book ever written about art and looks at some of the most dazzling art ever created, including masterpieces of the early Renaissance by Giotto, Masaccio and Donatello."
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