Ray’s History Radio & TV Picks. No.30. 29 Aug 2015.

Walking Through History: Battle in the Glens
Channel 4: Sat 29 Aug 2015, 19.00 – 20.00.
In this four-day Battle in the Glens Tony Robinson heads to the mountains and glens of north-west Scotland. Details & walking guide / map:
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/walking-through-history/articles/battle-in-the-glens/

Time Crashers
Channel 4: Sun 30 Aug 2015, 20.00 – 21.00 New Series: 2 / 6.
Tony Robinson presents an “immersive history” series that sees ten famous faces time travel to different moments in history. This week they prepare for battle in the medieval era c1468.
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/time-crashers

Who Were the Greeks?
BBC Four: Mon 31 Aug 2015, 20.00 – 21.00. 2 /2
Classicist Dr Michael Scott, explores the legacies of the Ancient Greeks, what they have given us today, and asks why these legacies have lasted through time. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b036pxqk

Treasures of the Indus.
BBC Four: Mon 31 Aug 2015, 21.00 – 22.00. In this new series Sona Datta, from the British Museum, tells the story of the Indian sub-continent told through the treasures of three very different people, places and dynasties that have shaped the modern Indian world.          1 / 3: Pakistan Unveiled:  http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02qvb6j

World War II: 1945 and the Wheelchair President.
BBC Four: Mon 31 Aug 2015, 23.00 – 00.00.
David Reynolds re-examines the war leadership of American president Franklin Roosevelt.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05vlzsn

Black Sails.
History: Tue 1 Sept 2015, 22.00 – 23.00. Episode 8.
Drama set in 1715. The Golden Age of Piracy in the Caribbean is at its apex. Last in series: http://blacksails.tv/

Canals: the Making of a Nation.
BBC Four: Tue 1 Sept 2015, 20.00 – 21.00. 1/ 6: Engineering.
In this new series, Liz McIvor charts the struggles of the builders and engineers tasked with creating a landscape of canals over the rugged terrain surrounding the Pennine hills.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b068c3zh/canals-the-making-of-a-nation-6-engineering

The Ascent of Woman
BBC Two: Wed 2 Sept 2015, 21.00 – 22.00.1 / 4: Civilisation
Dr Amanda Foreman explores how early civilisations dealt with the roles and status of women and, in so doing, she asks some profound questions about the legacy they’ve left behind.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0693y0j

The Trains That Time Forgot: Britain’s Lost Railway Journeys
BBC Four: Tue 2 Sept 2015, 21.00 – 22.00.
Timeshift journeys back to a lost era of rail travel, when trains had names, character and style. Once the pride of the railway companies that ran them, the named train is now largely consigned to railway history.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b068fvln

Love & Betrayal in India: the White Mughul.
BBC Four: Wed 3 Sept 2015, 21.00 – 22.00.
Historian and author William Dalrymple travels to the Deccan Plains of India to trace the romantic love affair between a British diplomat and a young Muslim princess in the late 18th Century.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02z8109