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In a series of authored films, some of our most engaging experts reveal their favourite hidden objects, forgotten places and artistic passions.
Bolsover Castle (29 mins)
- Playing the DaneStars of theatre, television and film describe the challenge of playing Hamlet.49 mins
- A Quare TonguePoet Damian Gorman gets to grips with Ulster-Scots.29 mins
- The NormansA look at how the Normans established their new province of Normandy in northern France.
- A Stitch in TimeAmber Butchart looks at a rare portrait of a working man.29 mins
- Shakespeare: Rise of a GeniusThe greatest writer who ever lived – and the changing world that ignited his creativity
- The Story of Scottish ArtScotland's earliest art, from the ancient sites of the Neolithic era to the Reformation.
- Villages by the SeaArchaeologist Ben Robinson reveals the story of a romantic Victorian seaside village.29 mins
- Art of FranceFrench art's development up to the arrival of classicism and the Age of Enlightenment.
- The Latest Secrets of HieroglyphsCracking the code. A new generation of Egyptologists reanimate an entire civilisation59 mins
- Battlefield BritainPeter and Dan Snow take an in-depth look at the pivotal air battle of World War II.59 mins
- Pubs, Ponds and Power: The Story of the VillageBen Robinson unlocks the ancient roots of the Northumberland village of Warkworth.29 mins
- Building SightsPosy Simmonds discovers a remarkable police station in the City of London. (1996)9 mins
