Alan Hankinson, broadcaster and climber, takes a look back at the last century of rock-climbing in the Lake District. He focuses on the top climbers from each generation and looks at certain climbs (including Innominate Crag, Napes Needles, Central Butress on Scafell Crag and Honister Wall on Buckstone Howe). There is also footage from a climb at Napes Needle dating from 1913, probably the world's first rock-climbing film.

At Bull Run, two inexperienced, ill-trained and poorly led armies clashed in the opening engagement of the American Civil War (1861-1865). Culminating in a stalwart defensive fight by Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson's Virginia Brigade, this is the story of the Confederacy's first victory. The author investigates the personalities of the principal commanders and examines the opposing armies, showing how the widely varying uniforms of different units caused mistakes of identity which affected the battle at crucial points. Weapons, intelligence and the almost universal inexperience of troops on both sides are all discussed, helping to explain the events of the battle itself.