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The Crusades: Crescent & The Cross - 3 of 4

The Crusades: Crescent & The Cross - 3 of 4

The enigmatic Muslim leader Saladin won nearly every battle...
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Sun 18 May 2pm

LANDSCAPE MYSTERIES: The Abandoned Marsh

LANDSCAPE MYSTERIES: The Abandoned Marsh

Host Aubrey Manning searches bleak Romney Marsh for clues...
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Sun 18 May 6.30pm

My Favourite Place: Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's Eltham Palace

My Favourite Place: Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's Eltham Palace

Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen guides us around Eltham Palace and...
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Sun 18 May 7pm

JAPAN: The Will Of The Shogun

JAPAN: The Will Of The Shogun

Under the control of Tokugawa Ieyasu, 16th- and...
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Mon 19 May 8am

Sink the Tirpitz

Sink the Tirpitz

The Tirpitz was the largest and fastest battleship in European waters - the pride of the...
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Mon 19 May 1pm