These six stunning gardens are among the National Trust's finest and represent some of the most beautiful landscapes in the United Kingdom, offering a widely differing range of horticultural styles and periods of gardening history.
Alan Titchmarsh visits eight of England's lesser-known gardens. The small gardens on display include: Hestercombe House in Gloucestershire; Brook Cottage in Oxfordshire; Cobblers on the Kent/Sussex border; the Kensington Roof Garden; Calke Abbey's kitchen gardens; and the Salcombe estuary estate....
Oscar-nominated travelogue showing the beauty of Ireland and its suitability as a holiday destination.
What makes Agatha Christie such a successful writer? On the 75th anniversary of the creation of her immortal character Miss Marple, this documentary introduces viewers to new fields of scientific inquiry using sophisticated computer analyses of Christie’s every written word, her sentence structur...
Magnificent 1963 doc with The Beatles on stage in Manchester. Amazing footage in Technicolor.
Join the restoration team at the start of the project to transform the stunning gardens at Heligan. Experimenting with traditional horticultural processes, both in the amazing Victorian glasshouses and out in the glorious vegetable and flower gardens.
1958 documentary on creating famous Wedgwood pottery at the Barlaston factories in Staffordshire.
This documentary is a true celebration of the Mini, the most popular British car ever built and a classic icon. From British Pathé TV's Motorsport Collection.
Narrated by Sir Michael Redgrave, this film shows the colleges and student life of Cambridge in 1963.
Documentary about 1954 Wimbledon Tennis Championship - with behind the scenes footage.
Filmed Lady Gregory play. Incredibly funny story about two grumpy men who live in an Irish workhouse. From British Pathé TV's Classic Movie Collection.
Alan Titchmarsh takes the viewer on a tour of ten historic English houses: Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire; Chatsworth in Derbyshire; Harewood House in Yorkshire; Castle Howard; the Beaulieu Estate in Hampshire; Woburn Abbey in Bedfordshire; Warwick Castle; Wilton House; Leeds Castle in Kent; and ...