Series 1: Episode 1
Intertribal conflict was a familiar fixture for Australia’s First Nations people, but nothing could prepare them for the conflict with the British and European arrivals ov ...
26-01-2025
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Episode 27-01-2025
It is possible that only one per cent of the wonders of ancient Egypt have been discovered, but now, thanks to a pioneering approach to archaeology, that is about to change. \n\ ...
27-01-2025
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The Golden Age
Alastair Sooke picks treasures from Ancient Egyptian art's most opulent and glittering moment, and explores architectural wonders, exquisite tombs and a lost city.
27-01-2025
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Series 1: Episode 3
The abolition of slavery in the 1830s was a defining moment for the British Empire. Buoyed by their success, the abolitionists looked to the plight of Indigenous people. Their a ...
26-01-2025
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Joan Sutherland: World Singer
The famous Australian opera singer Joan Sutherland, introduced and accompanied by Gerald Moore.
26-01-2025
BBC 4
Joan Sutherland
Soprano Joan Sutherland talks to Bernard Levin and sings scenes from some of her most celebrated roles. With the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, led by Erich Gruenberg and conduct ...
26-01-2025
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Series 1: Episode 2
In the 1820s, the colonist population doubled in Tasmania, and so too did the death count as settlers came into conflict with Tasmanian Indigenous people resisting their arrival ...
26-01-2025
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Episode 26-01-2025
Director and actress Rachel Ward is the last person you’d expect to join a farming revolution. Besieged by drought, bushfires and ecological despair, Rachel finds hope in ...
26-01-2025
BBC 4