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Ever since the Greeks abandoned the battlefield at Troy, leaving behind them an innocent looking model of a horse, deception and camouflage have been a powerful weapon in the armoury of war. This remarkable and immensely entertaining programme takes us on a journey through history, from the bits of hedgerow stuck into the helmet of the sniper on the Somme, to the curving patterns of camouflage paint on the allied tanks that smashed their way through Caen, and finally to the ultimate camouflage...

The quest for speed from the early aviators to dreams of aircraft of the future. This is the story of Air Speed records and the advances in technology which have contributed to the various aviation successes and failures. On the bitterly cold morning of December 17th. 1903, Orville Wright coaxed the Wright Flyer off the sands at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina and launched the era of powered flight. He also launched a race that has gone on unceasingly ever since; the race for ever more speed....

Some 150,000 years ago Europe and Western Asia were dominated by an extraordinary race of human beings who were tall, around 6 feet or so, with an immensely strong physical build, and clearly intelligent, their brain was in fact slightly larger than that of modern man. They were called the Neandertals. They had the strength and the courage and the social organisation to survive and thrive even through the terrible ordeal of the successive ice ages, which carpeted Northern Europe in perpetual...

The Spitfire was the plane that nobody wanted. It was turned down by the British Government, by industry and even by the Royal Air Force, when the design was first presented to them. It survived only because of the conviction of its great designer, R.J. Mitchell, to become by far the most famous, the most inspirational, the most successful warplane of its generation; the very symbol and image of British pride and power, as the killer fighter of the decisive air battle of World War 2, the...

Julie (Irene Dunne) is about to leave her husband Roger (Cary Grant) when she decides to play some of their records; each one reminds her of the pleasure and sadness they had shared. This touching sentimental melodrama was produced and directed by one of Hollywood's great directors, George Stevens.

This entertaining sequel follows the great success of Father Of The Bride made the previous year and reunites the cast in a warm and tender comedy. Stanley Banks (Spencer Tracy) has now accepted the marriage of his daughter Kay (Elizabeth Taylor) and he is hoping for a little peace and quiet. He is shocked and dismayed to learn that she is now going to have a baby and once again his life will be turned into chaos.

HIV, or Human Immunodeficiency Virus was first discovered 30 years ago, so it rarely grabs space on the front pages these days. But it remains very much a deadly killer. About 34 million people around the World suffer from it HIV. The virus attacks the body's immune defences, and when they have been destroyed, any number of bacteria, viruses and parasites and fungi can invade the body and play havoc with its systems. That's the condition known as AIDS. Around 2.5 million people have died from...

Whilst in Paris, Stan and Ollie are persuaded to join the French Foreign Legion so that Ollie can forget his failed romance with their innkeeper's daughter Georgette. After being in the Legion for as long as they can take it, they want to get out, which is not so easy. 65 minutes - Black and White - 1939

This is the program that no one else has dared to make. What is the real connection it asks, between baldness and testosterone... and male sexual potency? No man wants to be bald. But what if baldness really is an outward and visible sign of enhanced sexuality? Is that just a myth put out by bald men to boost their egos? Or does it stand up, if you'll pardon the pun, to scientific inquiry? For the very first time we take the old wives tales into the laboratory and put them to the test. Never...

Leslie Howard, in his last screen appearance, plays visionary aircraft designer R.J. Mitchell. This powerful war drama tells the story of Mitchell's struggle against opposition to develop his revolutionary fighter design and eventually his own failing health. Together with test pilot Geoffrey Crisp (David Niven) Mitchell succeeds in getting his inspirational design into production. The Spitfire was the most successful warplane of its generation; the very symbol and image of British pride and...

New York is the skyscraper capital of the World. For over a 100 years architects there have been reaching skywards with their buildings to create the towering skyline for which the city is so famous. Never in all that time has anyone actually charted the building of a skyscraper. The process that transforms a city block from a nondescript piece of wasteland into this great tower that soars above the city's streets. That is what this series of four programmes does for the very first time. It is...

This charming romantic musical comedy features the superb dancing talent of Vera-Ellen and the stylish charm of David Niven. Dancer Janet Jones (Vera-Ellen) mistakes B.J. Bruno, millionaire, (David Niven) for a newspaper reporter. Unfortunately due to a previous misunderstanding Janet has already been romantically linked to B.J. Bruno, who she has never seen before. She decides to embellish the deception in order to help producer John Frost (Cesar Romero) convince his creditors that the show...