BBC Four Wednesday

How Birmingham led the way in urban regeneration, turning canals and their immediate surroundings from places to be avoided to places to be enjoyed

In Eskdale, the explorer has a close encounter with a vulture, and gets to grips with the locals in a spot of Cumberland wrestling and heads for Scafell Pike

Telling the story of the rare discovery of evidence of Roman crucifixion, unearthed in a routine archaeological dig in the Cambridgeshire Fens

The secrets of the body, beginning with the changes it goes through, including the initial spark of life and why human childhood is the longest of any creature on earth

The Vincy family anxiously await the outcome of Peter Featherstone's legacy, while Casaubon struggles to recover from a heart attack

Election fever grips the country as the population anticipate the fate of the expected Reform Bill, while Brooke ignores his friends' advice and stands as a reforming candidate

Saul David explores how decisions made in offices and backrooms have influenced the outcome of conflicts, beginning with those relating to the feeding and housing of armies

How Birmingham led the way in urban regeneration, turning canals and their immediate surroundings from places to be avoided to places to be enjoyed

Victoria Coren Mitchell narrates the story of how Britain's phone network was built, from early call boxes to the Post Office Tower, and its impact on the public

Saul David explores how decisions made in offices and backrooms have influenced the outcome of conflicts, beginning with those relating to the feeding and housing of armies

In Eskdale, the explorer has a close encounter with a vulture, and gets to grips with the locals in a spot of Cumberland wrestling and heads for Scafell Pike