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A series that captures the most dramatic and intimate wildlife dramas as they unfold live.

A lesbian Don Juan, a suffragette and a 17th-century Italian painter are just two of ten remarkable women who speak to us in this drama documentary - an intimate portrait of their lives and a woman's view of history.

Television series following the restoration of a largely derelict walled garden at Chilton Lodge, Berkshire. The aim was to work the garden as it would have been in the Victorian era, using plants and practices from this period. Each episode follows a month of the year, and shows the tasks undertaken.

Television series recreating the workings of a country house head cook.

This 8-part series takes readers back to the days when Hitler's U-boats patrolled the Atlantic, and imported foods were scarce. For the men, woman and children left behind during World War II, life changed dramatically. People who had never gardened before had to start growing their own fruit and vegetables, housewives had to cope with rationing, and their families had to get used to unfamiliar foods such as spam and nettle soup. Includes the personal memories of Ruth Mott and Harry Dodson (television's "Victorian" cook and gardener, respectively), as well as tales and anecdotes from many people who remember wartime cookery and "digging for victory".

Laura Cumming takes a journey through more than 500 years of self-portraits and finds out how the greatest names in western art transformed themselves into their own masterpieces.

A look back at the tragic series of events that took place during two funerals in Belfast in March 1988.

A pleasant show about Victorian Flower Gardening.

Naturalist Steve Backshall hosts this special spin-off of his popular documentary series Deadly 60 (2009) in which he counts down his ultimate top ten deadly creatures on planet Earth.

The story of London's postwar bohemia.