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Part 2/6. Lydgate's appointment to direct the new fever hospital stirs jealousy among his rivals; Dorothea and Casaubon honeymoon in Rome.

Fred Dibnah shows how steam-powered machinery helped build Herefordshire's Eastnor Castle, and has a look at the work of Augustus Welby Pugin, the architect whose buildings - such as the Palace of Westminster - were inspired by mediaeval gothic architecture.

Christmas in Germany 1941 is an unsettling time. Food is scarce, the weather is freezing and news from the front line in Russia is causing Germans to realise the war is a very long way from over.

Explorer Paul Rose packs his waterproofs and heads for Derwentwater and Borrowdale. Borrowdale is officially the wettest place in England, and he meets those who have battled against flooding and have learned to live with extreme weather events. Along the way, he tells the story...

Dan Snow and his team continue down the Grand Canyon in antique wooden boats as they rediscover one of the Wild West's great adventures.

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