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Ancient Megastructures 9pm, National Geographic ***
With some nifty, useful graphics and a tone that veers from the educational to the overenthusiastic, this dramatic structural series returns for a new run, opening with St Paul's Cathedral. Its design by Christopher Wren fell prey to more than just technical problems - his vision for a baroque masterpiece, far removed from the barbarous tendencies of Gothic, was tempered by the Protestants' aversion to Catholic backing for the baroque movement.See the full content of this document
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Six of the Best
A Mother Like Alex
9pm, Sky3 ***Meet Alex Bell from Swinton, near Manchester - adoptive mother to seven children, and foster mother to an eighth. Seven of her children h...See the full content of this document
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