All eight episodes from the second season of the historical BBC drama centred around the wars between the Saxons and Danes during the ninth century. Alexander Dreymon stars as the warrior Uhtred of Bebbanburg, the son of a Saxon nobleman who was captured by the Danes as a child and raised as one of their own. In this season, Uhtred travels north from Wessex in his bid to avenge the death of Earl Ragnar (Tobias Santelmann) and recapture his ancestral lands of Bebbanburg. Meanwhile, King Alfred (David Dawson) looks to unite the kingdoms of England and hopes a new king can fulfil his wish. However, with his preferred choice enslaved, Uhtred is forced to embark on a dangerous rescue mission which sees him come up against a feared adversary from his past.

Writer-director Charles Sturridge ('Longitude') presents his version of Sir Ernest Shackleton's epic South Pole adventure. Setting out in 1914, Shackleton (Kenneth Branagh) and his crew set sail for Antarctica, but get into trouble when their ship, the Endurance, becomes stuck in pack ice. Abandoning the doomed vessel, Shackleton then takes the only course of action available, and sets out on foot, determined to lead his ailing crew to safety.

Celebrating the diversity of dance across the South Pacific, this volume studies the various experiences, motivations and aims for dance, emerging from the voices of dance professionals in the islands. In particular, it focuses on the interplay of cultures and pathways of migration as people move across the region discovering new routes and connections.

Based on the true story of the 1987 Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race. Following the previous year's defeat by Cambridge, American Oxford student Rick Ross and Brit Donald Macdonald vow revenge. Oxford coach Daniel Topolski initiates a harsh training schedule for the team, only to face a rebellion from the American students. Topolski is ready to resign, but stays on after an appeal from Macdonald.

In 1714 Parliament offer a £20,000 prize for anyone who can provide an accurate means of measuring longitude at sea. John Harrison (Michael Gambon) flies in the face of popular opinion by saying that the stars do not provide the answer, and provides his own solution with the invention of a mechanical clock. However, it takes Harrison forty years to prove his theory, and he is eventually forgotten in the mists of time. Centuries later, Robert Gould (Jeremy Irons) attempts to restore Harrison's reputation by tracking down and repairing the four clocks he originally constructed.