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When a music score is uncovered deep within the storerooms of the Louvre, musical historians scramble to realize the potential of this piece of papyrus, an ancient version of the tragedy entitled 'Medea'.

Dr Helen Czerski examines the extraordinary messages sound waves carry, and how they help us understand the world around us. Visiting a hidden location buried beneath the hills of Scotland, Helen experiences some of the most extreme acoustics in the world. She discovers how...

Hidden away in the most easterly part of the British Isles are the Fens of East Anglia, a landscape of big skies and distant horizons, wild wetlands and fertile farmland. Water has always been the driving force here.

Tom Fort embarks on a 170-mile journey down Britain's third longest river, the Trent. Beginning on foot, he soon transfers to his own custom-built punt, the Trent Otter. Along the way he encounters the power stations that generate much of the nation's electricity, veterans of...

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