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In 1917, French composers Louis Durey, Georges Auric, and Arthur Honegger formed the Nouveaux Jeunes under the aegis of Erik Satie which, in 1919, with the addition of Germaine Tailleferre, Francis Poulenc, and Darius Milhaud, became Les Six. Dureys work has been relatively unexplored compared to his five colleagues. Pianist and Durey scholar Jocelyn Duecks efforts have gone a long way toward righting that historical imbalance.

Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's ten-part, 18-hour documentary series, The Vietnam War, tells the epic story of one of the most consequential, divisive, and controversial events in American history as it has never before been told on film.

Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it, and the story of the wars fought in Vietnam from the 1940s to the 1970s is one from which many lessons can be learned. Initially a conflict involving a wounded post-war France attempting to re-take and hold its former colony, the fighting in Vietnam would become less a battle over territory and independence, and more an ideological battleground where the contrasting philosophies of east and west would meet head-on in an explosion of politics, culture and napalm.

Travelogue in which Chris Tarrant rides some of the world's wildest trains.

Highlights of Jane McDonald's travels along the Mekong river, sampling the sights, sounds and cuisine of Vietnam in Ho Chi Minh City, before visiting a floating market and the vast temple complex of Angkor Wat in Cambodia.

The mysteries surrounding her father's death in the Vietnam war lead ultra-endurance mountain biker Rebecca Rusch on an emotional journey as she pedals 1200 miles of the Ho Chi Minh trail.

Join popular MasterChef Australia judge and Chef Gary Mehigan as he explores his twin passions for fine food and fast bikes on this six-part culinary road trip through Asia. From the spice markets of Delhi to the street stalls of Vietnam, Gary proves a knowledgeable and enthusiastic guide to each areas produce and cooking methods, championing food artisans, producers and stall holders in markets around the world. The series starts in India where Gary heads to Mumbai to cook his own Tiffin box lunch before discovering herbs and spices even hes never heard of at the worlds largest market in Delhi.

Blood Road follows the journey of ultra-endurance mountain bike athlete Rebecca Rusch and her Vietnamese riding partner, Huyen Nguyen, as they pedal 1,200 miles along the infamous Ho Chi Minh Trail through the dense jungles of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. …

Defying American airpower, North Vietnamese troops and materiel stream down the Ho Chi Minh Trail into the south, while Saigon struggles to “pacify the countryside.” As an antiwar movement builds back home, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and Marines discover that the war they are being asked to fight in Vietnam is nothing like their fathers’ war.