New research in India suggests heat can double the risk of stillbirth and miscarriage.
Michael Portillo continues his rail tour of Britain's industrial northwest, steered by his early nineteenth century Bradshaw's guide. In Blackburn, he catches a rare glimpse of Edwardian life on celluloid and marvels at...
The Vasa, one of the most majestic galleons ever to put to sea, sank 18 minutes after leaving Stockholm harbour on her maiden voyage in 1628. The loss of the Vasa was a major setback for Sweden's ambitions to become a...
The Coronation Market is the largest street market in all of Jamaica, and it's nestled in Downtown Kingston. It's where Clive brushes up on his Jamaican patois and tries out some of the best street food on the island. He...
In Cuba's capital, Clive realises his boyhood dream of taking on a potential Olympic champion at one of Havana's legendary boxing gyms. He visits a car mechanic to get under the hood of a classic Chevy and finds out why...
A cinematic journey through the transformative beauty and raw power of water that provides a visceral wake-up call for humankind that we are no match for the sheer force and capricious will of earth's most precious...
Romesh crosses the border from Uganda into Rwanda, a country he feels has been defined by westerners almost entirely by the 1994 genocide. More recently, the British government announced plans to send refugees seeking...
Clive travels north to the Goldeneye estate, which was once the home of James Bond writer Ian Fleming. This is the creative birthplace of 007, and all 14 of the Bond books were written here. Clive props up the bar at...
Documentary tracing how human understanding of the jet stream — a ribbon of fast moving air high in the atmosphere — has grown. It has been responsible for bewildering effect on bomber pilots during the Second World War,...
Gordon Welchman was one of the original elite codebreakers crucial to the allies defeating the Nazis in World War II. He is the forgotten genius of Bletchley Park. Filmed extensively at Bletchley Park, the centre for...
Michael Portillo continues his postwar Scottish railway adventure, this time from Glasgow to the capital, Edinburgh. At Pollok Country Park in Glasgow, Michael joins a women's running club, the Bellahouston Harriers, for...
Clive travels 200 miles east of Havana to the historic town of Trinidad — a Unesco world heritage site. Clive meets the octogenarian carpenter whose skills have contributed to keeping this 16th-century city standing, and...
This episode's talented makers stepping into Dom Chinea's marquee are textile weaver Jessica from Kent and jeweller Nyanda from London. So far, Jessica has struggled to break into the textile market, and mentor Piyush...
