Past Master - Series 4
Fascinating stories of the past from around Wales
Past Master - Series 4 - Bed Rest, Pine Trees and Fresh Air: Welsh Sanatoria
Phil Carradice investigates the history of Welsh tuberculosis sanatoria through the testimonies of former patients.
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Past Master - Series 4 - Episode 3
Phil Carradice goes in search of the Physicians of Myddfai, the medieval Welsh medical miracle workers first referred to in the Red Book of Hergest.
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Past Master - Series 4 - Episode 5
Phil Carradice tells the story of the 8th Baron Howard de Walden, the eccentric English millionaire who became a champion of the Welsh arts and language.
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Past Master - Series 4 - Episode 7
Phil Carradice explores the fascinating lives of two women who flew Spitfires during the Second World War.
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Past Master - Series 4 - Pedestrianism
Phil Carradice recalls the glory days of professional athletics in Wales, when men, women and even children would walk, run or hobble insane distances for the sake of a bet.
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Past Master - Series 4 - Pedestrianism
Courtaulds textiles once dominated the working landscape and social life in Flintshire, employing mostly women. Presenter Phil Carradice talks to these 'Rayon Queens'.
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Past Master - Series 4 - Stand By Here And Deliver!
Phil Carradice investigates the evil deeds of the Welsh highway robbers who preyed on hapless travellers in the seventeeth and eighteenth centuries.
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Past Master - Series 4 - The History of the Coming of The Forestry Commisson
Phil Carradice visits a forest in Powys with the man who farmed there before the trees were planted.
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Past Master - Series 4 - Tunnel Vision
Phil Carradice investigates the hidden story behind one of Wales' greatest feats of engineering, the Severn Tunnel, and the remarkable men who built it.
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