Made in France

Britain produces more varieties of cheese than France and is one of the biggest cheese producers in the world. In this episode our makers arrive in Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales, home of one of Britain's most loved cheeses, to discover its surprising story. They explore how Wensleydale cheese started out being made by French monks, moving into rural farmhouse kitchens and then into Britain's supermarkets. Generations of skill and innovation has created a cheese loved by the nation and championed by Wallace and Gromit. Presenter Steph McGovern takes the makers through the ages and they are guided by award-winning master cheesemonger Andy Swinscoe.

Rome at its peak and armies of legionaries defending the Empire. The Roman soldier embodies its power and influence. Cherished by legendary stories, popular belief or cinema, the image is an efficient, valiant and disciplined fighter. However, the latest archaeological discoveries today provide a surprising vision of man and his daily life.

For the first time since 1686, Versailles' Castle is recreating its "Royal Carrousel", a phenomenal and majestic performance of cavaliers and horses. Horses, baroque costumes and operatic music made this spectacle the most popular of all court entertainments, and the only one intended for a large audience.

For the first time since 1686, Versailles' Castle is recreating its "Royal Carrousel", a phenomenal and majestic performance of cavaliers and horses. Horses, baroque costumes and operatic music made this spectacle the most popular of all court entertainments, and the only one intended for a large audience.

While the world is about to be thrown into the Second World War, the American studios are going to put in place a unique mobilization in the history of cinema.

Rome at its peak and armies of legionaries defending the Empire. The Roman soldier embodies its power and influence. Cherished by legendary stories, popular belief or cinema, the image is an efficient, valiant and disciplined fighter. However, the latest archaeological discoveries today provide a surprising vision of man and his daily life.

Neil Connery visits the Champagne region of France to find out what the future holds for the country and its new president Emmanuel Macron, the youngest French head of state since Napoleon. Dan Rivers spends time on the set of a popular Middle Eastern drama made in Syria, to find out how the TV industry is alive and thriving despite the war. John Irvine travels to the Holy City of Jerusalem to see if restorations on the Church of the Holy Sepulchre have helped restore relations between the Christian denominations that run the Church.

"Images tell stories, we tell the stories of images." Mysteries in the archives, ten investigations into ten events of the twentieth century that have marked our memory and our imagination. In the French series, we learn about the historical events of the 20th century by closely investigating archive films. Who is in the picture, who is missing? Why was the camera pointed right here? Who is sitting next to whom?

With military historian Norm Christie as our guide, we explore the battlefields, cemeteries and monuments of the First World War. The men who fought tell their stories, and we discover how the naive, amateur soldiers of 1914 became, by 1918, perhaps the most feared, efficient and deadly Allied fighting machine on the Western Front: the "Canadian Corps."
FOR KING AND EMPIRE tells the stories of ordinary Canadians who fought extraordinary battles during the First World War. Six episodes represent a turning point in the Great War: Ypres, the Somme, Vimy, Passchendaele, the Battles of the Last Hundred Days, and the Legacy of the War.