Tony Robinson takes a tour of Britain, exploring how a violent past of ice and volcanoes has forged a beautiful landscape of hills, valleys and lakes. Tony then travels to the Lake District, one of Britain's most beautiful and spectacular regions, to explore how the stunning landscape was formed by ice. Finally, on a hunt for Britain's hidden gold, Tony investigates an ancient Roman mine in Wales, visits a working gold mine in Northern Ireland and pans for riches in Scotland.
Blitz Street
To mark the 70th anniversary of the Blitz, Tony Robinson presents a four-part science and history series that aims to give some idea of what it must have been like to live under the ferocious and constant bombardment of the Blitz and to explain why it ultimately failed. Blitz Street itself is a row of terraced houses specially built on a remote military base. Through the course of the series, the street is subjected to a frightening range of large-scale high explosive bombs and incendiaries similar to those dropped by the Luftwaffe. With precise measurements of the supersonic blast waves and dangerous after-effects of flying shrapnel, Blitz Street reveals the devastating impact of real explosives on bricks and mortar, allowing Ministry of Defence scientists to study for the first time the awesome power and mechanics of Second World War bombs.
David Jason: The Battle Of Britain
David Jason presents a landmark documentary commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. He embarks on a journey across the UK to meet the surviving veterans who risked their lives to defend Britain in the air and uncovers jaw-dropping accounts of the battle. He explores operations rooms, air-raid shelters and radar stations, and works as ground crew. To experience what life was like in the air for the RAF fighter pilots, David also takes to the skies in a Spitfire. During the course of filming, David gains a deeper insight into and respect for the incredible efforts and sacrifices made by ordinary people.
Dig 1940
To mark the 70th anniversary of 1940, presenter and archaeologist Jules Hudson goes on a journey of discovery into Britain's darkest hour. Jules and his team are in France digging up crashed German aircraft from the opening months of World War Two, accompanied by an RAF fighter pilot who saw action there in 1940. A Dunkirk veteran recounts the horrors of the evacuation, while Jules makes some revealing finds on the beaches of Dunkirk - poignant reminders of Britain's most perilous year. Next, Jules Hudson and his team are off the Isle of Wight diving on HMS Borealis, a ship from Convoy Peewit, sunk in the opening stages of the Battle of Britain. With unseen colour film from 1940, Jules tells the hearbreaking story of two pilots killed in the Battle of Britain, and the glamorous woman at the centre of both their lives. The team head to Chesil beach as they attempt to recover the remains of an RAF Hurricane fighter plane shot down in August 1940, at the height of the battle. Finally, Jules Hudson and his team are in Somerset, trying to recover the remains of a German bomber shot down on a raid on Bristol during World War Two. After speaking to his father, a survivor of the 1940 London Blitz, Jules travels north to Hull and meets witnesses of the Hull Blitz. There, he sees the remains of a city where 95% of houses were damaged or destroyed by German bombers.
Do We Really Need The Moon?
Space scientist and lunar fanatic Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock explores our intimate relationship with the Moon. The Moon is such a familiar presence in the sky that most of us take it for granted. But what if it wasn't where it is now? How would that affect life on Earth? Besides orchestrating the tides, the moon dictates the length of a day, the rhythm of the seasons and the very stability of our planet. Using computer graphics to summon up great tides and set the Earth spinning on its side, Maggie Aderin-Pocock implores us to look at the Moon afresh: to see it not as an inert rock, but as a key player in the story of our planet, past, present and future.
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