All executions at the Tower and nearby Tower Hill were horrific, but a particularly unpleasant end awaited those who betrayed the Crown. In the first episode discover the contrasting fates of three very different traitors, including the case of the last person killed at the Tower by firing squad.

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Chris Birch is a Welsh lad who claims a stroke turned him gay.

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As the 100th anniversary of Titanic�s sinking approaches, a team of scientists, engineers and imaging experts have joined forces to answer one of the most haunting questions surrounding the legendary disaster: Just how did the �unsinkable� ship break apart and plunge into the icy waters of the North Atlantic on April 15, 1912? Two years ago, HISTORY took part alongside the world�s top underwater experts in the most thorough and exhaustive study of the wreck ever made. The undertaking yielded unprecedented new discoveries and the first comprehensive map of Titanic�s watery grave, helping specialists solve the century-old puzzle of what went wrong � and determine who or what was responsible.

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Nearly a year to the day since the Buckinghamshire quintet Young Guns released their debut album through their own label Live Forever, the band are set to to release the �All Our Kings Are Dead: Gold Edition� on July 11th 2011. Along with a bonus DVD the Gold Edition will feature all of the music videos for each of the singles (Winter Kiss, Sons Of Apathy, Crystal Clear, Weight Of The World, and of course the K! Award nominated Stitches), along with a documentary titled Don�t Look Back, Keep Moving, which covers their success since the release of their debut EP. If that wasn�t enough there is also a bonus collection of live songs from their show at the Electric Ballroom and some acoustic numbers from their Red Bull Studios Session.

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The team travel to Australia's red centre to dissect the continent's most iconic animal: the kangaroo. The vast Outback is home to millions of these bounding giants - some stand two metres tall - but, sadly, every year thousands are fatally injured in traffic accidents.

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When five lion prides compete for scarce food, only the most cunning and capable will survive. In this remote African national park, nature is unforgiving to both predator and prey.

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Professor Mark Miodownik travels to Israel to trace the history of our love affair with gleaming, lustrous metal. He learns how we first extracted glinting copper from dull rock and used it to shape our world and reveals how our eternal quest for lighter, stronger metals led us to forge hard, sharp steel from malleable iron and to create complex alloys in order to conquer the skies. He investigates metals at the atomic level to reveal mysterious properties such as why they get stronger when they are hit, and he discovers how metal crystals can be grown to survive inside one of our most extreme environments - the jet engine.

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Iolo Williams shares his passion for Welsh wildlife. Filmed over a year, the series features stunning aerial and wildlife photography. There is an amazing sequence of an osprey hunting over open water, while visitors at nearby Portmeirion sit unaware of the spectacle before them.

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Deadliest Tornado looks at the scientists striving to understand the forces at work behind last year's tornado outbreak. Could their work improve tornado prediction in the future? NOVA also talks to people whose lives have been upended by these extreme weather events in an effort to learn how we all can protect ourselves and our communities for the future.

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The Stanford prison experiment was a study of the psychological effects of becoming a prisoner or prison guard. The experiment was conducted from August 14�20, 1971 by a team of researchers led by psychology professor Philip Zimbardo at Stanford University.[1] It was funded by a grant from the US Office of Naval Research[2] and was of interest to both the US Navy and Marine Corps in order to determine the causes of conflict between military guards and prisoners.

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The world is home to an array of fascinating creatures that evolved to survive harsh environments and brutal competition. From massive great white sharks and majestic lions to deadly cobras and spiders, National Geographic reveals the deadliest creatures on the planet in this three disc collection of classics. Programs include The Ultimate Shark.

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The world is home to an array of fascinating creatures that evolved to survive harsh environments and brutal competition. From massive great white sharks and majestic lions to deadly cobras and spiders, National Geographic reveals the deadliest creatures on the planet in this three disc collection of classics. Programs include The Ultimate Shark.

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This film features amazing air-to-air, dogfighting and minicam footage of warbirds from the Planes of Fame Collection in Chino California. Featured aircraft include the worlds only original engined A6M Zero,SBD Dauntless, P38 Lightning, Hellcat, Avenger and B-25 Mitchell. There�s also a look at the Planes of Fame Museum in Chino and how this breathtaking footage was filmed.

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Travel by train along both banks of the historic Rhine River to explore and discover the dramatic German countryside and stunning towns and cities. Beginning in Cologne we take the train along the East bank riding the rails usually reserved for Germany�s busy freight. This magnificent journey ends in the welcoming city of Frankfurt after taking in Bonn and the historic town of Wiesbaden.

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The world is home to an array of fascinating creatures that evolved to survive harsh environments and brutal competition. From massive great white sharks and majestic lions to deadly cobras and spiders, National Geographic reveals the deadliest creatures on the planet in this three disc collection of classics. Programs include The Ultimate Shark.

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Crocodiles are much more than mere brutes. A crocodile�s maternal instincts emerge with the birth of her young as they navigate the dangerous first days before they become the killers we fear.

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The BAFTA-winning Inside Nature's Giants team returns for a new series, heading deep into the Australian Outback to explore the ultimate desert survivor: the camel. We don't think of Australia as the home of camels, but in the middle of this vast island there are over a million feral dromedaries roaming around.

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Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch - one of the world's leading historians - reveals the origins of Christianity and explores what it means to be a Christian.
Part 1: The First Christianity
In the first of a six-part series sweeping across four continents, Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch goes in search of Christianity's forgotten origins. He overturns the familiar story that it all began when the apostle Paul took Christianity from Jerusalem to Rome, showing that its origins lie further east, and that at one point it was poised to triumph in Asia. The headquarters of Christianity may well have been Baghdad not Rome, in which case western Christianity would have been very different.

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Filmed over twenty years ago and now available on DVD for the first time, the series of European Railway Journeys films explores the many varied cultures and countries across Europe, travelling by train which gives a different perspective to the cities and towns visited on the way. Stunning scenery, breathtaking architecture and beautiful landscapes combine to give the viewer a unique travel experience. This box set consists of: Rhine Express, Belgian Byways, Austrian Explorer, Riviera Bound, Sicilian Connection and Andalusian Express.

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Filmed over twenty years ago and now available on DVD for the first time, the series of European Railway Journeys films explores the many varied cultures and countries across Europe, travelling by train which gives a different perspective to the cities and towns visited on the way. Stunning scenery, breathtaking architecture and beautiful landscapes combine to give the viewer a unique travel experience. This box set consists of: Rhine Express, Belgian Byways, Austrian Explorer, Riviera Bound, Sicilian Connection and Andalusian Express.

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