Programme 8 - 7 June 2005 * Robert Nixon - the 15th-century 'Cheshire Prophet' * Hallsville - the origin of the name of an area of London's dockland * The early postal service - how the post got from A to B * Local history hero - Jim Walker and the Forth Railway Bridge Memorial campaign Read more about the subjects covered by this programme, or listen to the programme again
Programme 6 - 24 May 2005 * The 1750 earthquake - the impact of earth tremors in London * Navvy towns - the shanty settlements erected for the navvies * The origins of British counties - how their boundaries were decided * Local history hero - Brian Lambie, founder of seven museums in Biggar Read more about the subjects covered by this programme, or listen to the programme again
Programme 5 - 17 May 2005 * Smallpox isolation ships on the River Thames * Samuel Cody - forgotten pioneer of British aviation history * Local history hero - Brian Davies of Pontypridd Museum
Programme 3 - 3 May 2005 * Wartime potato-picking - schoolchildren involved in agricultural activities * The Lollards of Amersham - 16th-century religious dissenters * Ayrshire embroidery * Time and Tide Museum of Great Yarmouth Life - candidate for Museum of the Year Read more about the subjects covered by this programme, or listen to the programme again
Programme 1 - 19 April 2005 * Alfred Mangena - founding father of the African National Congress * Local history hero - David Butcher, chronicler of the Lowestoft fishing industry * Indian partition, 1947 - how the boundaries were drawn up * Big Pit: National Mining Museum of Wales - candidate for Museum of the Year Read more about the subjects covered by this programme, or listen to the programme again
Vanessa has presented science and current affairs programmes for BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and Discovery and has presented for BBC Radio 4 & Five Live and a regular contributor to the Daily Telegraph and the Mail on Sunday, Scotsman and Sunday Herald.
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Vanessa has presented science and current affairs programmes for BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and Discovery and has presented for BBC Radio 4 & Five Live and a regular contributor to the Daily Telegraph and the Mail on Sunday, Scotsman and Sunday Herald. 