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  • Location: Kilmarnock, Scotland, Glasgow, Liverpool

The Rise and Fall of the Miraculous Vespas

1980s: The search for pop immortality in 1980s Kilmarnock

  • Location: Portsmouth, London, Chatham, Broadstairs, Kent

Who Was Charles Dickens?

1812 – 1870: One of the most famous writers in the English language. What was he like?

  • Location: Fall River

Sisterly Love: The Saga of Emma and Lizzie Borden

1892: Lizzie Borden took an axe. And gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what she had done, She gave her father forty-one.

  • Location: Guernsey

The Soldier’s Wife

1940s: War comes to the small island of Guernsey. But is it always easy to know which side of the war you are on? Is…

  • Location: Crinan

A Summer at Sea

2000s: Summer at sea with Katie Fforde sounds like a lovely way to explore the islands of Scotland!

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City of Destruction

1951: A political rally ends in tragedy.

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