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- 12:00pm
The Normans
Men from the NorthProfessor Robert Bartlett explores how the Normans developed from a band of marauding Vikings into the formidable warriors who conquered England in 1066. He tells how the Normans established their new province of Normandy - `land of the northmen' - in northern France. They went on to build some of the finest churches in Europe and turned into an unstoppable force of Christian knights and warriors.
- 1:15pm
The Normans
ConquestIn the second of this three-part series, Professor Robert Bartlett explores the impact of the Norman Conquest of Britain and Ireland. Bartlett shows how William the Conqueror imposed a new aristocracy, savagely cut down opposition and built scores of castles and cathedrals to intimidate and control. He also commissioned the Domesday Book, the greatest national survey of England that had ever been attempted.
- 2:35pm
The Normans
Normans of the SouthProfessor Robert Bartlett explores the impact of the Normans on southern Europe and the Middle East. The Normans spread south in the 11th century, winning control of southern Italy and the island of Sicily. There they created their most prosperous kingdom, where Christianity and Islam co-existed in relative harmony and mutual tolerance, but events in the Middle East provoked the more aggressive side of the Norman character.
- 3:50pm
The Normans
DomesdayDr Stephen Baxter reveals the human and political drama that lies within England's earliest surviving public record, the Domesday Book, which was commissioned by the Normans.
- 5:05pm
Secrets of the Royal Palaces
Series 3 Episode 3Explores the secrets of Windsor Castle, the largest permanently inhabited castle in the world. In addition, examines how Princess Margaret's tax bill was sorted after her death in 2002.
- 6:05pm
Secrets of the Royal Palaces
Series 2 Episode 2A look at a number of palaces in Britain that belong to the Royal family, such as Buckingham Palace, Sandringham House, Highgrove, and more.
- 7:05pm
Secrets of the Royal Palaces
Series 2 Episode 3Versailles is one of the most enormous palaces in the world built by King Louis XIV in 1634. Palace insider Colin Tebbutt reveals what happened in the hospital on the night of Princess Diana's accident.
- 8:05pm
Secrets of the Royal Palaces
Series 2 Episode 4: SandringhamSandringham in Norfolk was purchased by the royal family for Prince Albert Edward. In 1968, Prince Charles needed a new gold coronet for which the government was reluctant to pay. Revealling the story behind the Diana statue in Kensington Palace.
- 9:10pm
Independent Lens
Series 26 Episode 17: Matter of Mind: My Alzheimer'sA portrayal of three families confronting the unique challenges of Alzheimer's and how the disease transforms roles and relationships.
- 10:20pm
Grand Tours of the Scottish Islands
Series 1 Episode 1: From Foula to Fair IslePaul Murton heads to Foula and Fair Isle, one of the most remote island communities in Britain, and makes a nerve-wracking visit to `Da Snekk o' da Smallie' - a pothole in the cliffs of Foula which leads through to the Atlantic shore.