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A chilling and compelling look at the first and last murders of one of Britain's most notorious serial killers, the Stockwell strangler. Terrorizing the elderly population of south London, Kenneth Erskine claimed at least seven male and female victims over four months. Erskine broke into his victims' houses and sexually assaulted them before finally strangling them. Using innovative dramatic reconstruction to dissect the serial killer's mind at the...

In 1539, after four failed marriages, Henry VIII falls in love with the seductive teenager Catherine Howard. But she turns out to have a hidden sexual past. Finally, her secrets catch up with her, and she becomes the second of Henry's wives to lose her head. Old and sick, Henry makes one last attempt at marriage. In the kindly Catherine Parr, he seems to have found the perfect wife at last. But when she tries to push Henry into religious reform she...

Based on the novel by Emily Brontë, this video is part of a five-part miniseries produced in 1978. Wuthering Heights follows the self-destructive journey of Heathcliff as he seeks revenge for losing his beloved. In this episode, Heathcliff disappears after discovering that Catherine agreed to marry Edgar Linton. Upon his return, he decides to avenge the pain he endured at the hands of Hindley Earnshaw and Catherine's husband.

Playing-card characters offer children valuable help, in a humorous context, with learning the patterns and processes behind times tables.

We're used to hearing bad news about our food. What's the good news? In this program, host Cherry Healey puts favorite supermarket staples to the test and uncovers the surprising secrets and unexpected powers of the food we take for granted. With the help of members of the public and a team of experts, she investigates how milk can help muscles recover from exercise; what effect the way we brew tea has on its health benefits; why there's more to potato...

Chris Packham explores the evolution of the great ape's brain to reveal how different parts have been adapted over time by its anatomy, ingenuity, and sociability, culminating in one of the most complex brains on the planet. Chris examines how the ability to use two hands asymmetrically sets the great ape apart from other tool-using animals and how social living is linked to the evolution of the amygdala in both humans and our ape cousins. New research...

In this thought-provoking program, presenter Angela Rippon - a prominent campaigner for dementia awareness - investigates the condition that took her mother's life. Visiting the world's foremost research centers, Angela sees for herself how Alzheimer's changes the brain. On her journey, she learns why getting a good night's sleep might help prevent Alzheimer's, what impact learning a new language can have, and how a new drug trial might offer our...

China's capital has been the stage for some of the giants of Chinese and world history. From the conquering Mongol hordes of Genghis Khan to China's exiled last emperor, Beijing's annals is filled with stories of victory and defeat, and the exploits of its rulers, rebels and renegades.

People are bad at making important decisions. But with the help of a few simple equations could you 'solve' all your problems and make life easy? According to philosopher, writer and part-time mathematician Garth Sundem, all you need is a 'simple' equation. From singles bars to how to guarantee a perfect divorce, Garth enlightens a mathematically deprived public, demystifying life, showing that maybe all we really need for a perfect life is a calculator....

At a time when alcohol-related deaths are on the rise, Louis investigates the problem of alcoholism. Heading for Europe's largest liver transplant center, King's College Hospital in London, he sees first-hand the critical physical side effects of alcoholism and learns about the challenges doctors, patients and patients' families face in trying to treat it.