Thanks to the success of Dan Brown's novel The Da Vinci Code, almost everyone in the world thinks they know a little bit about Leonardo da Vinci. But the enigmatic artist still has plenty of secrets. By examining the details of his well-known masterpieces and the hidden clues left behind in his diaries, this thought-provoking program reveals the mysteries of a man known for much as his quirks as he is for his talent.
The Art of Henry Moore aims to rediscover the artist by returning to the works themselves – his sculptures, drawings and graphics – and to Moore’s own thoughts about them.
In the 1920s, former coal miner Harry Hoxsey claimed to have an herbal cure for cancer. Although scoffed at and ultimately banned by the medical establishment, by the 1950s, Hoxsey's formula had been used to treat thousands of patients, who testified to its efficacy.
A story of love and life among the landed English gentry during the Georgian era. Mr. Bennet is a gentleman living in Hertfordshire with his overbearing wife and five daughters, but if he dies their house will be inherited by a distant cousin whom they have never met, so the family's future happiness and security is dependent on the daughters making good marriages.
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