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  1. Spicing Up Britain: How Eating Out Went Exotic

    6/6Postwar Britain became a nation of food adventurers thanks to migrants opening eateries.

  2. The Nation's Railway: The Golden Age of British Rail

    5/6Timeshift revisits Britain's railways during the era of public ownership.

  3. Battle for the Himalayas: The Fight to Film Everest

    4/6How film-makers turned the conquest of Himalayan peaks into great propaganda.

  4. Bullseyes and Beer: When Darts Hit Britain

    3/6How a traditional working-class pub game became a national obsession in the 1970s and 80s.

  5. Killer Storms and Cruel Winters: The History of Extreme Weather

    2/6Lucie Green looks back through Britain's most turbulent and dramatic weather history.(R)

  6. Mods, Rockers and Bank Holiday Mayhem

    A look back at the bank holiday 'battles of the beaches', when mods fought with rockers.