The BEST episodes directed by John Holdsworth

Gods and Monsters: Homer's Odyssey
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#1 - Gods and Monsters: Homer's Odyssey

BBC Documentaries - Season 2010 - Episode 103

Virginia Woolf said Homer's epic poem the Odyssey was 'alive to every tremor and gleam of existence'. Following the magical and strange adventures of warrior king Odysseus, inventor of the idea of the Trojan Horse, the poem can claim to be the greatest story ever told. Now British poet Simon Armitage goes on his own Greek adventure, following in the footsteps of one of his own personal heroes. Yet Simon ponders the question of whether he even likes the guy.

Raphael: A Mortal God
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#2 - Raphael: A Mortal God

BBC Documentaries - Season 2004 - Episode 35

Drama-documentary depicting the life and times of the most flamboyant and colourful Renaissance artist of all.

The Mountain That Had to Be Painted
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#3 - The Mountain That Had to Be Painted

BBC Documentaries - Season 2011 - Episode 99

Documentary about the painters Augustus John and James Dickson Innes who, in 1911, left London for the wild Arenig Valley in North Wales. Over three years, they created a body of work to rival the visionary landscapes of Matisse.

A303: Highway to the Sun
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#4 - A303: Highway to the Sun

BBC Documentaries - Season 2011 - Episode 202

The A303 is the road that passes Stonehenge on the way to the beaches of Devon and Cornwall. On the way, it whisks drivers through 5,000 years of remarkable moments in English history. And it's the star of this film made for armchair travellers and history lovers. Writer Tom Fort drives its 92-mile length in a lovingly-restored Morris Traveller. Along the way he has many adventures - he digs up the 1960s master plan for the A303's dreams of superhighway status; meets up with a Neolithic traveller who knew the road like the back of his hand; gets to know a section of the Roman 303; uncovers a medieval murder mystery; and discovers what lies at the end of the Highway to the Sun.

Edwardian Insects on Film
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#5 - Edwardian Insects on Film

BBC Documentaries - Season 2013 - Episode 45

n 1908 amateur naturalist Percy Smith stunned cinema goers with his surreal film The Acrobatic Fly. Featuring a bluebottle juggling a series of objects, the film became front page news. Now wildlife cameraman Charlie Hamilton-James attempts to recreate this fascinating film. Along the way, Hamilton-James (helped by Sir David Attenborough who saw Smith's films as a boy) tells the story of Percy's remarkable career and reveals the genius behind this forgotten pioneer of British film.

Crossing England in a Punt: River of Dreams
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#6 - Crossing England in a Punt: River of Dreams

BBC Documentaries - Season 2012 - Episode 290

From the Staffordshire hills to the Humber estuary, spirited explorer Tom Fort embarks on a 170-mile journey down Britain's third longest river, the Trent. Beginning on foot, he soon transfers to his own custom-built punt, the Trent Otter, and rows many miles downstream. Along the way he encounters the power stations that generate much of the nation's electricity, veterans of the catastrophic floods of 1947, the 19th-century brewers of Burton and a Bronze Age boatman who once made a life along the river.