BBC Four HD Tuesday

Fred visits the North East to explore the development of Britain's railways, from the first steam locomotives to the record-breaking Mallard

How moving produce around at speed was suddenly possible thanks to the railways, meaning that fresh meat, wet fish, dairy, fruit and vegetables became available to Londoners

Tom and Barbara invest in a loom, while Margo persuades Jerry to buy her a spinning wheel

On his arrival at Number 10, new PM Jim Hacker is confronted by a confusing nuclear deterrent problem and realises his powers do not stretch to domestic affairs

Part one of two. Profile of the Tudor monarch who ordered the killing of writers and the demolition of ancient monasteries during his reign, yet was a cultured man

Following small-town librarians in Granbury, Texas, who have found themselves at the center of a large-scale movement to defend intellectual freedom of information

Simon Sebag Montefiore explores the history of Spain, beginning with its early years, when Iberia was a province of Carthage - then the most coveted of Rome's colonies

Fred visits the North East to explore the development of Britain's railways, from the first steam locomotives to the record-breaking Mallard

How moving produce around at speed was suddenly possible thanks to the railways, meaning that fresh meat, wet fish, dairy, fruit and vegetables became available to Londoners

Following small-town librarians in Granbury, Texas, who have found themselves at the center of a large-scale movement to defend intellectual freedom of information

Part one of two. Profile of the Tudor monarch who ordered the killing of writers and the demolition of ancient monasteries during his reign, yet was a cultured man