Lost Scrolls of Vesuvius
Sunday 3 March 7:30 PM
Prof Alice Roberts uncovers the ground-breaking science being used by computer scientist Prof Brent Seales as he attempts to be the first person in nearly 2,000 years to read inside hundreds of ancient scrolls found at the archaeological site of Herculaneum in Italy.
Netanyahu, America, Road To War In Gaza
Sunday 3 March 8:30 PM
The struggle between the Israeli leader and multiple U.S.
presidents over Middle East peace.Leading up to the Gaza war, Netanyahu’s relations with the U.S. and Palestinians.
Also, with The Washington Post, how Israel’s security barrier was breached.
Pan Am: Rise & Fall Of An Aviation Icon
Wednesday 6 March 8:30pm
The airline Pan Am has long since ceased to exist.
But its myth is still alive.
Those who worked for Pan Am were proud - and still are today.
Pan Am aircraft stood for the American way of life worldwide and was the most famous airline in the world.
It reached incredible heights, and crashed hard.
But three decades after its demise, the Pan Am myth lives on.
Stanley Tucci: Searching For Italy – Season 2
From Thursday 7 March 8:40 pm
Stanley Tucci visits the Veneto, home to the “Floating City” of Venice.
Once the centre of a world-trading empire, Tucci explores the ingenuity of the Venetians, who have embraced the unexpected delights and challenges of the lagoon, reaping the benefits of Veneto’s fertile land.
Veneto has a fascinating food culture due to its aquatic environment and the countless influences from around the world over throughout its vast and storied history.
The Vanishing Triangle
From Thursday 7 March 9:30 pm
India Mullen (Normal People, Brassic) stars as reporter Lisa Wallace, working in the face of prejudice and police incompetence to investigate the mysterious murder of her own mother nearly twenty years earlier. Allen Leech (Downton Abbey, Bohemian Rhapsody) plays David Burke, a detective helping Wallace with her case, but whose own struggles of coming to terms with his sexuality are a constant challenge.
When Lisa publishes an article about her mother’s murder, it sparks the disappearance of a woman named Amy. She and David work together to find her but as their investigation takes them around Ireland, more girls go missing. They follow every lead, but the killer begins to toy with Lisa, putting her in graver and graver danger. Can she face the past to save her future?
Britain’s Most Beautiful Road
From Friday 80 March 7:30 pm
We meet first-time motor-homers Jon and Sue Holmes, as they embark on the journey of a lifetime, driving the 516-mile route anti clockwise from Inverness.
Along the way they’ll experience everything the Highlands has to offer with a few surprises thrown in.
We follow them as they adapt to motorhome life, fall in love with the landscape and each other, all over again.