So much has been said about Pompeii, but despite centuries of research and endless scrutiny, it still has its secrets… a staggering one third of the site has never been excavated and very little is known about who the bodies in the casts actually are.
Episode Length: 01:30:00
Year: 2010
Episode: 1
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Walking Through History 2 – Episode 6
Tony takes in the wonderful seascapes of the North Norfolk coast, determined to discover how the area remained so blissfully unchanged when the Victorian age of industry and railways transformed lives and landscapes across the country. From the arrival of Bertie, Prince of Wales at Sandringham House to the opening of Cromer pier, Tony’s four day walk unveils an extraordinary tale of landowning power.
Episode Length: 01:00:00
Year: 2014
Episode: 6 of 6
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Confederate Flying Machine
A full 40 years before the Wright brothers made history, a model of what was to be a steam-powered flying machine tethered to a locomotive briefly took flight… Mississippi Doctor Richard Oglesby Davidson was raising money to build a steam-powered flying war machine named the “Artis Avis” that would fly over the battlefield. And now, 150 years later, engineer and inventor Maris Ensing is going to build a steam-powered flying machine based on 19th-century wisdom, to see if it will fly.
Episode Length: 00:45:00
Year: 2012
Episode: 1
