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Lawrence of Arabia
The life of T.E Lawrence renowned for his involvement with the Arab Revolt during WW1

Yves Saint Laurent: Fashion revolutionary
Bridget Kendall and guests on the glamorous world of fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent.

Herman Melville: Moby Dick
The 19th Century epic novel on a vengeful sailor’s battle with the great ‘white whale’

The original Goths
The ancient tribe which shaped Europe's history

Dante’s Inferno: The poetry of Hell
The imagined poetic voyage through Hell that explores the meaning of human existence

Magellan: First Man Round the Globe?
The story of the man whose voyage accidently circumnavigated the globe

The Little Prince: Lessons from an aviator’s life
Who was Antoine de Saint-Exupery, and how did he come to write The Little Prince?

Chinua Achebe: Rewriting the African story
The life and work of the ground-breaking Nigerian author

Boudica: Warrior queen
The Iron Age English warrior queen who led a rebellion against the Romans

The alphabet of chemistry
The history of the Periodic Table of the elements