Ray’s History Radio & TV Picks No.25. 24 July 2015.

Walking Through History: Norman Conquest of Pembrokeshire.
Channel 4: Sat 25 July 2015, 19.00 – 20.00. Rpt of Series 3 (2014).
Tony Robinson walks through Pembrokeshire and Britain’s only coastal national park to discover a place still known as ‘Little England beyond Wales’. Details & walking guide / map:
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/walking-through-history/articles/all/norman-conquest-of-pembrokeshire

Life in Squares
BBC 2: Mon 27 July 2015, 21.00 – 22.00. 1/ 3.
This is a new drama series about the Bloomsbury Set. Painter Vanessa Stephen and her writer sister Virginia embark on a life of unexpected, post-Victorian freedom in bohemian Bloomsbury. But when they are introduced to flamboyant male admirers, their idyll is rocked and the sisters’ relationship is threatened.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0649d08

Writing the Century – Letters from a Young Indian Revolutionary:
BBC Radio 4: Mon 27 – Fri 31 July 2015, 19.45 – 20.00
Drama by Tanika Gupta set in 1930s Calcutta telling the true story of Dinesh Gupta.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b064nwnc
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qy2s/episodes/guide

The Essay: The Islamic Golden Age. Episodes 1 to 5 of 20.
BBC Radio 3: Mon 27 – Fri 31 July 2015, 22.45 – 23.00.
This major series for Radio 3 looks at some of the key thinkers and achievements from the Islamic Golden Age. Professor Hugh Kennedy begins the series with an introductory essay explaining how the Islamic state established itself. Episode details & podcast downloads: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03j9mcx

Operation Crossbow
BBC 4: Mon 27 July 2015, 23.30 – 00.30.
Operation Crossbow is a little known story from World War II: how the Allies used 3D photos to thwart the Nazis’ weapons of mass destruction before they could obliterate Britain.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b011cr8f

Making History.
BBC Radio 4: Tue 28 July 2015, 15.00 – 15.30. 4/8
Tom Holland, Helen Castor and Fiona Watson explore themes from the past in response to queries raised by listeners’ own historical research: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0639vps

Black Sails.
History: Tue 28 July 2015, 22.00 – 23.00. Episode 3.
Drama set in 1715. The Golden Age of Piracy in the Caribbean is at its apex. The former British colony of New Providence Island is now lawless territory, controlled by a few dozen of the most notorious pirate captains in history. In this episode Flint and Gates seek help in there search for Urca de Lima . http://blacksails.tv/
http://blacksails.tv/9-reasons-watch-black-sails-history