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- The drama starts with the defeat of the Scottish army at the Battle of Methven and with the involvement of a local family when a wounded soldier on the run seeks their help. Presenter Sally Gray visits , the ancient burial place of Scottish kings, including Robert the Bruce. She highlights the importance of the kings who ruled over an independent Scotland. At the Scottish/English border, she investigates the start of the Wars of Independence.
- The drama starts with the defeat of the Scottish army at the Battle of Methven and with the involvement of a local family when a wounded soldier on the run seeks their help. Presenter Sally Gray visits , the ancient burial place of Scottish kings, including Robert the Bruce. She highlights the importance of the kings who ruled over an independent Scotland. At the Scottish/English border, she investigates the start of the Wars of Independence.
- In the drama the wounded soldier is anxious to reach the abbey where he will be sheltered. Presenter Sally Gray describes the importance of abbeys and castles as centres of wealth and power during the Middle Ages, and looks at Edward I's invasion of Scotland.
- In the drama, Thomas Galloway wants to keep out of the war. He suffered enough as a soldier at the Battle of Falkirk in 1298. Sally finds out about life on the land at the time of Robert the Bruce and looks at people who were moving to burghs.
- In the drama, the Galloway children help the wounded soldier to get to the abbey, while Thomas Galloway creates a diversion. With the help of archaeology, Sally finds out about Perth and other Scottish towns 700 years ago. Wool was often taken to Perth, from where it was exported to other European countries by sea. At that time Scotland depended on trade for wealth.
- In the drama the wounded soldier turns out to be Robert the Bruce. Sally Gray looks at how Bruce and his army fared after leaving Perthshire. There is a comparison between warfare then and now, and Sally examines Robert the Bruce's guerrilla tactics and the victory at Bannockburn. The programme ends with Sally looking at the Declaration of Arbroath, and asking if the struggle was worthwhile.
- Reviews of Quiz Show, Natural Born Killers and The River Wild. Sally Gray goes on location for a report on Bronx-based Dead Presidents. There is a special report on movie violence with contributions from Alan Parker, Quentin Tarantino, Mel Gibson and Sylvester Stallone.
- The story of Keiko the Killer Whale who starred in the film "Free Willy", the third installment of "Terminator" at Universal Studios in Orlando, gold prospecting in Devon, different greetings around the world, a visit to the costume department at Euro Disney near Paris, a house full of potential supermodels.
- Teen idols Boyzone are at Hammersmith Apollo with girl threesome TSD; a National Trust semi in Worksop; geothermal heating in Iceland; the art of silhouette & caricature at the Artists Square in Paris; the film computer expert working on "The Island of Doctor Moreau" in Los Angeles.
- Sally meets the cast of Home & Away in Summer Bay, with actor Nick Testoni (Travis Nash). She helps clean out a tank of piranha fish. Lisa tries street luge in Los Angeles - riding down hill on an 8ft girder with skateboard wheels & no brakes. In Vietnam she meets artists who use recycled materials to make toys. In Wakefield she tries stay-put lipstick.
- A makeover from a 9 year old actress and model from Los Angeles; a look at the world's oldest musical instrument from Vietnam; and a look at the site for the Sydney Olympics and the problems of holding the sailing events in shark-infested waters.
- It's puppet glove for Isla today when she meets icon Flat Eric who gives her a tour round Jim Henson's Creature Workshop in London. Then in Japan, Isla has a go at the dance karaoke craze that's sweeping the video arcades. Jeremy's scoop is at a bell foundry and he says: "Believe it or not, this was my most interesting assignment. There were two tons of molten metal, and all that liquid and the power of the furnace was so cool!" Meanwhile Lisa risks her neck, as well as her stomach, when she tries the extreme sport of "zorbing" - where basically you roll down a steep hill strapped inside a giant inflatable plastic ball. Lisa says, "Zorbing was totally freaky in every way, I'd never seen anything like it. It was like rolling down a hill out of control in a huge crystal!"
- Isla visits famous movie locations, including Graystone Mansion, Batman's house, and the house used in the film "Paulie"; she reports on a poker game on board a floating casino on the Mississippi River : Andrea looks at endangered sea turtles in Brazil.
- Isla takes lessons from a family of stunt artists in Los Angeles; she goes behind the scenes at the Pepsi Chart Show and finds out how to help a record get to Number One; Andrea learns the history of football in Brazil; she visits the Monkey Sanctuary in Cornwall, where monkeys are being trained so that they can be re-released into the Amazonian Rain Forest.
- Isla goes behind the scenes on the YTV soap opera Emmerdale to see their brand new village at Harewood; in New Orleans she becomes the Prom Queen at West Jefferson High School and finds out about the preparations that go into High School Proms in America: Andrea goes up the World Trade Centre skyscraper in New York, in the inspection hoist; she meets Hugh Manson who makes hand-built guitars for rock bands including the Levellers, Oasis and Led Zeppelin.
- Andrea gets her skates on with the cast of Britain's fastest stage musical "Starlight Express"; she finds the only place in New York where you can legally spray-paint graffiti on the walls; Isla learns to duel at the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds.
- Isla goes to Hollywood and meets top Foley artist John Roesch who tells her some secrets of sound effects for films; she dives off the second highest Olympic diving board: Andrea meets Pepi Lemer who taught the Spice Girls to sing, and does a turn with boy band Universal; she spends the day as a lion mascot "Roaring George" for England Monarch's football team; and a scoop on the history of high heels.
- Isla visits the Louisiana Superdrome - the world's largest indoor sports arena, in New Orleans; she investigates the work of art detectives at the Tate Gallery in London; Andrea meets Lactomia, the international youth percussion band based in Salvador, Brazil; she goes behind the scenes of the musical "Dr Doolittle" to see how the animal puppets are made, and meets the star Phillip Schofield; a report on bananas.
- Isla tries surfing at Huntington Beach in California; she visits Bourbon Street in New Orleans, the birthplace of jazz and pop music; Andrea learns survival techniques from the Royal Marines on Dartmoor; she reports from the set of a soap opera at TV Globo in Brazil; Isla tries Kabbadi, the world's oldest sport.
- Andrea spends a day as personal assistant to Peter Andre; she goes to Brazil to learn about Capoeira - a martial art disguised as a dance; Isla joins Britain's world champion kit ballet team Skydance; she meets a new signing for West Ham United - Harry the Hawk who will cure the pigeon problem at the ground.
- Craig returns to the resort of Benalmadena which he visited as a child; Rowland combines a visit to Montreal during its Comedy Festival with a trip to Quebec; Phillip and Jancis take a wine tour of Alsace; Sally visits Fuerteventura.
- Our House opens with a scantily clad man dressed as an angel welcoming us to the chiq home of Wolverhampton, celebrity hairdressers, Royston and Nick. Also a young Tamworth couple invite us back to their place for a psychedelic tour back to the 60's.
- Sally Gray shakes the duvets with the chairman of a luxury hotel chain. At his Nottinghamshire country house tucking the dogs into their own bunk beds is a nightly ritual. Tim Hadcock McKay freely admits 'there's a pleasure in being mad, that only the mad know about'. Also Our House visits the magnificent renovation of an Pugin gatehouse near Rugby
- This week an eligible young bachelor bravely lets Sally Gray nose round his luxury Shropshire home. She gets the low down on his very hi-tech lifestyle. She also visits a Staffordshire family who converted a church into a fabulous family home in just 20 weeks and a couple of pensioners have decided their retirement will be well spent - rebuilding a derelict Manor House.
- Some girls have all the fun, as Sally Gray finds out when she combines work with a massage and very opulent Gloucestershire home and we meet the man who's patience paid off. After 14 years in the wilderness a Northampton church has been resurrected into a stunning modern family home.
- Warwickshire magician Mel Harvey invites us into his mysterious home where Sally Gray gets trapped in a straight jacket. A show home designer shows us round her modern home and gives a few tips on how to make the most of buy to let properties.
- This week Sally Gray steps into the city to find out if urban living is here to stay. One of Birmingham's biggest developers invites us into this luxurious penthouse and a Shropshire family show us how easy it was to spend £300,000 doing up their home.
- With new presenter Kevin Ashford. John and Julia who live in a £2million mansion in South Staffordshire. Their rise to multi-millionaire status began with a two-bedroomed starter home in Kingswinford, West Midlands First time buyers Ryan and Corinne struggling to find property they can afford think they may go for a run-down house that needs extensive refurbishment. Three different homes in three towns approx. £300,000: Cottage in Baton, Oxfordshire Modern 4-bedroom in Berston Leicster The Old Toll House, built around 1823 - 3 double bedrooms, period detached in the heart of the Cotswolds.
- Sally Gray gets back stairs at the family seat of the Dent-Brocklehurst, Sudeley Castle. We meet an Oxfordshire couple that self built a glasshouse on the banks on the Thames and how retirement for one man meant converting a huge Shropshire school.
- Sally Gray meets the men who are flocking to one of Nottingham's hottest properties. The architect of the Sea Life Centre in Birmingham shows us round his extraordinary home and we follow the journey of a special Cherry tree from the garden into hand crafted furniture.
- Sally Gray visits one of Barbara Cartlands old haunts, Langar Hall in Nottinghamshire. We also visit a men obsessed with Norton Barracks in Worcestershire, so much so he's now looking to put his individual stamp on his forth home here and we step over the threshold into the home of a Brummie white witch
- Sally Gray gets into pampering mode in the private home of Health Spa owners Janet and Stephen Joynes at Hoarcross in Staffordshire. Interior designer Lorraine Goble shows how to get the stylish show-home look and an old Rutland brewery has been transformed into a luxury family home
- Sally goes to Sherwood Forest and meets an Italian who loves playing Robin Hood in his unique Archway home. We visit a quintessential English cottage where chintz is back big time and a Black Country man shows us round his vision, a marbled colonnaded home.
- Sally Gray visits a converted Worcestershire manor house and learns the art of glamorous living, from owner June Roche. We rock and roll back the years to the 1950s when we visit a Leicestershire home and we hear the inspiring tale of one woman who whilst doing up her barn conversion was waging a private battle with breast cancer.
- Things go bump in the night at an ex-lunatic asylum. Sally Gray shares experiences with the residents who now live in the converted Hatton Park in Warwickshire. And an interior design couple showcase their skills in the conversion of a Monmouth landmark
- Sally Gray runs away to the circus and performs her very own tightrope walk high above the crowd in the big top. We also meet a woman from Cleobury Mortimer, who's swapped houses with her GP and transformed an ugly 70's house into a stylish 21st century home.
- Sue Lawley drives a tanker truck full of drinking water from the Thames Water region to South West Water region where it is twice the price. Peter Snow looks at Britian's weather and how that effects water supply. Sally Gray and Janice Robinson compare designer bottled water with tap water. Vanessa Feltz goes under ground in the West End of London looking a restaurant waste clogging up the sewer system. And David Bellamy attempt to sell tomato's grown in sewage.
- Three inexperienced climbers attempt to scale Alpamayo, one of the highest mountains in Peru. Then an attempt to fly from South America to South Africa in a special craft called a microlight. And Steve Backshall packs his ruck-sack and sets off for Israel.
- 2000– 40mTV EpisodeThree Internet businesses which have to keep growing to survive. A new British pets business finds a successful American dot com as a partner. An international travel site run by a 20-something cashes in on the trend for mobile Internet access. And a Yorkshire farmer's wife selling bras tries to profit without borrowing millions. Different businesses, all exposed to the same highs and lows of dot com life.
- 2000– 40mTV EpisodeThree companies put their users to work in attracting new customers to their sites. Family trees are a growth area for the Internet, as family historians share their information online. Email groups increase and multiply naturally, to the profit of the company that hosts them. And a new British music site gathers music of new bands to attract customers. Results propel the business towards the holy grail of the Internet - stock market flotation.
- Three tales of how Britons succeed or fail at the epicentre of the dot com revolution reveal differences between the British and American ways of doing business. A London couple pitches an idea to a hundred potential investors. A British company finds an expat to set up its outpost in Silicon Valley. And a Brit who arrives with a rucksack now deals in hundreds of millions of dot coms.
- Mark Speight helps Voyager to understand that art is smart, and back on Earth Bizi Lizi and friends get to work making things. Mark introduces Voyager to ways of changing faces with simple paper engineering. Plus a special report from Earth where Bizi Lizi is creating a simple card-backed mirror.
- Sally Gray is beamed aboard the orbiting deep-space probe to help Voyager understand how science has changed the way that humans live, and Voyager sends the alien drone down to Earth to monitor special experiments set up by children. Sally introduces Voyager to natural phenomena such as lightning - nature's atmospheric electricity. Peartree Primary School children make a table-top volcano.
- Simon Thomas is beamed aboard the orbiting deep-space probe to help Voyager understand how science has changed the way that humans live. Today, Simon guides Voyager through an item on the invention of the bicycle and looks at the life of Duncan Campbell and his record-breaking Bluebird racing car.