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Robbie Cumming has problems with ice on the Grand Union Canal, and ends his journey in Braunston, Northamptonshire, the spiritual home for narrowboaters

Selina Scott enjoys a gentle walk around Wharfedale in the Yorkshire Dales, learning stories of extraordinary philanthropy and ending her journey in a pub famed for ferret racing

Simon Sebag Montefiore charts Rome's rise from the abandonment and neglect of the 14th century into the everlasting seat of the Papacy recognised today

Scholar Mary Beard examines how and when the Roman Empire fell, before ultimately asking whether it was transformed rather than destroyed

Art historian Sona Datta explores six decades of BBC archive to discover how TV has influenced our understanding of Renaissance giant Michelangelo

All Roman rulers put great value on spectacles and games, but only one, the son of Marcus Aurelius, steps out of the Imperial Box and onto the sands of the arena

By the fourth century AD, Rome is in decline and the Colosseum lays empty. To restore Rome, one man, a devout worshipper of the old gods, turns to the arena

Clive spends time in the Italian capital as he goes in search of the dolce vita and tries to acquire some Roman sophistication

Robbie Cumming has problems with ice on the Grand Union Canal, and ends his journey in Braunston, Northamptonshire, the spiritual home for narrowboaters

Selina Scott enjoys a gentle walk around Wharfedale in the Yorkshire Dales, learning stories of extraordinary philanthropy and ending her journey in a pub famed for ferret racing

Art historian Sona Datta explores six decades of BBC archive to discover how TV has influenced our understanding of Renaissance giant Michelangelo