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Taking a look at Britain's only colony of scorpions, and Nick Crane investigates science behind why the sea is salty

Comedian Nick Hancock travels through Cuba by rail - only to have his progress held up by Hurricane George. He also meets boxers, ballet dancers and revolutionaries

Richard wants to build a refrigeration plant in Argentina, but is opposed by his board of directors, so Audrey talks her uncle into helping him defeat his rivals

Arthur and the children think Beryl needs a career change, but things don't turn out quite as planned. Comedy, starring William Gaunt

Jeremy Clarkson tells the story of an Allied convoy of 35 ships heading for the Russian port of Arkhangelsk in the summer of 1942 with supplies vital to the Soviet war effort

Broadcaster and journalist Mobeen Azhar examines the lasting effect Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses has had, 30 years after its original publication. First shown in 2019

Part one of two. The documentary recalls how, after the success of the lunar orbit, Nasa began to choose the astronauts who would make the first moon landing in history

Looking back at the moment Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon, followed 15 minutes later by his crewmate Buzz Aldrin

Jeremy Clarkson tells the story of an Allied convoy of 35 ships heading for the Russian port of Arkhangelsk in the summer of 1942 with supplies vital to the Soviet war effort

Comedian Nick Hancock travels through Cuba by rail - only to have his progress held up by Hurricane George. He also meets boxers, ballet dancers and revolutionaries

Michael Palin sets out to discover more about Danish artist Vilhelm Hammershoi by searching for clues in London, Holland and Copenhagen