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Diary<\/span><\/h1>\n\n
VISIT \/ WATCH \/ LISTEN <\/strong> <\/h5>\n\n
By Jonathan Wright<\/span><\/strong> and Rhiannon Davies<\/span><\/strong><\/span> <\/h5>\n\n
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La Ghirlandata<\/em>, painted by Dante Gabriel Rossetti in 1873. The portrait is one of 150 artworks to feature in a new Tate Britain exhibition <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
VISIT <\/strong><\/h5>\n\n

Radical vision <\/p>\n\n

The Rossetti generation \u2013 spearheaded by Dante Gabriel, his sister, Christina, and his wife, Elizabeth (ne\u00e9 Siddal) \u2013 defied the staid expectations of Victorian society, creating an explosion of paintings and poetry that celebrated romance and radicalism. Their Pre-Raphaelite years (from 1848) in particular were marked by revolutionary zeal \u2013 both in personal terms and in the way they railed against the art establishment. <\/p>\n\n

Now, a major exhibition at Tate Britain brings together 150 examples of the Rossettis\u2019 work, from portraits and photos to sketches and poems. As well as delving into the art, displays will also explore the lives of the artists \u2013 including Dante\u2019s extramarital affairs with some of his muses. <\/p>\n\n

The Rossettis <\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Tate Britain, London \/ 6 April\u201324 September \/ tate.org.uk<\/a> <\/em><\/h5>\n\n
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A 19th-century wax model and a book detailing skin diseases. Both appear in a new exhibition <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
VISIT <\/strong><\/h5>\n\n

Scars of the past <\/p>\n\n

Our stories are written on our skin, from pockmarks \u2013 the ghosts of disease \u2013 to tattoos we etch onto our bodies. That\u2019s the theme of a new exhibition at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, exploring what skin can reveal about our past. <\/p>\n\n

Perhaps unsurprisingly, given the location, medical themes are prominent: the history of the diagnosis and treatment of skin diseases, in particular, is chronicled via scientific illustrations, rare books and grisly wax models. The display also considers prejudices attached to skin, examining racism in both the past and the present day. <\/p>\n\n

Skin: A Layered History <\/strong><\/p>\n\n

The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh \/ Until 13 October \/ Free entry \/ rcpe.ac.uk<\/a> <\/em><\/h5>\n\n
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Jewish people in the Warsaw Ghetto during the Second World War. A hidden archive reveals what life was like there<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
LISTEN <\/strong><\/h5>\n\n

Buried treasure <\/p>\n\n

That so much of the Oyneg Shabes archive survived the Second World War was a small miracle. Collecting accounts of life in the Warsaw Ghetto during the Nazi occupation of Poland, here was a secret first draft of history. It grew from an individual chronicle begun by historian, activist and social worker Emanuel Ringelblum, who started writing about his experiences in October 1939. <\/p>\n\n

In 1942 and 1943, the archive, the work of 60 contributors, was buried in three caches. Two of these hidden deposits were subsequently recovered, in 1946 and 1950, and there remain hopes of finding the third. <\/p>\n\n

Using the archive as its source material, a new 10-part series tells the story of life and death in the ghetto \u2013 essentially a vast prison where Jewish people were interned and which was eventually destroyed by the Nazis. Elliot Levey reads the words of Ringelblum. Alfred Molina is Peretz Opoczynski, journalist, poet and ghetto postman. Tracy-Ann Oberman voices Rachel Auerbach, one of just three people involved in the project who survived the war, who urged people to search for the archive. <\/p>\n\n

Warsaw Ghetto: History as Survival <\/strong><\/p>\n\n

BBC Radio 4 \/ April <\/h5>\n\n
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J\u00e9r\u00e9mie Laheurte returns as Inspector Antoine Jouin in the second series of Paris Police <\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
WATCH<\/h5>\n\n

Belle \u00e9poque noir <\/p>\n\n

It\u2019s Christmas Eve 1904, and Parisian police chief Louis L\u00e9pine has ordered the vice squad to clear sex workers from the city\u2019s streets. During the operation, a man\u2019s body is found in the Bois de Boulogne, a public park, and Inspector Antoine Jouin (J\u00e9r\u00e9mie Laheurte) is assigned to discover what happened. <\/p>\n\n

What follows, as in preceding series Paris <\/em>Police <\/em>1900, <\/em>is a drama centred on an investigation that cuts across different levels of French society, and which sees Jouin being pressured to exercise discretion to protect the great and good from scandal. \u00c9velyne Brochu returns as Marguerite \u201cMeg\u201d Steinheil, a well-connected courtesan who spies for the police. <\/p>\n\n

Paris Police 1905 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n

BBC Four & BBC iPlayer \/ Airing now <\/h5>\n\n
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Nineteen people were hanged for witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials. This disturbing episode is explored in a new Sky drama-documentary <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
WATCH<\/h5>\n\n

Witch hunt <\/p>\n\n

The mass hysteria that gripped colonial Massachusetts in 1692 had the most terrible consequences. By the time the prosecutions and hearings that came to be known as the Salem Witch Trials ended in May 1693, around 200 people had been accused and 19 people had been hanged. Another man, Giles Corey, lost his life after he refused to enter a plea; he was pressed, or crushed, to death. Others died in jail, awaiting their fate. <\/p>\n\n

How did such a tragedy unfold? As a new four-part drama-documentary narrated by Mark Strong recounts, this was a story of a deeply religious but divided Puritan community infected with paranoia. The story began when the daughter and the niece of local minister Reverend Samuel Parris both started suffering strange fits, prompting the first accusations of witchcraft. Arrests, examinations and confessions quickly followed. <\/p>\n\n

Court was convened on 2 June, and eight days later the first execution was carried out, with the hanging of Bridget Bishop. The trials continued through the summer, with young women and others with little agency disproportionately represented among the accused. The hearings may have ended partly, the series suggests, because influential people \u2013 including the wife of the local governor, William Phips \u2013 began to come under suspicion. <\/p>\n\n

The Witches of Salem <\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Sky History \/ From Monday 13 March <\/h5>\n\n
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Sarah Agha and Rob Rinder trace their family histories in a new BBC series <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
WATCH <\/strong><\/h5>\n\n

Divided lands <\/p>\n\n

The family histories of both Sarah Agha and Rob Rinder were transformed by the formation of the state of Israel in 1948. In the case of writer and actor Agha, that event saw her Palestinian family being forced to flee their village in Galilee. In contrast, one relative of barrister and TV presenter Rinder \u2013 someone who had escaped the Holocaust \u2013 saw Israel as a place to begin life afresh. <\/p>\n\n

Over two episodes, each presenter undertakes a separate journey to the region to learn more about their relatives\u2019 experiences there. <\/p>\n\n

The Holy Land and Us: Our Untold Stories (working title)<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n\n

BBC Two \/ March<\/span><\/h5>\n\n
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Tutankhamun\u2019s life and remains are explored in a new PBS America series launching this month <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
WATCH <\/strong><\/h5>\n\n

Beyond the bling <\/p>\n\n

In November 1922, Howard Carter entered the tomb of the boy king Tutankhamun. Largely intact, it contained an array of fabulous treasures including the pharaoh\u2019s famous golden funerary mask, now held at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. <\/p>\n\n

Yet for all the splendour of his final resting place, many of us know little about the life and times of Tutankhamun. A new two-part documentary presented by Yasmin El Shazly and Mahmoud Rashad aims to put this right. The duo chart how Tutankhamun\u2019s father started a religious and cultural revolution, and look at the circumstances surrounding the young pharaoh\u2019s death. Using data from CT scans, the documentaries also follow the process of reconstructing the face of the long-dead ruler.<\/p>\n\n

Tutankhamun: Allies and Enemies <\/strong><\/p>\n\n

PBS America \/ Thursday 30 & Friday 31 March <\/h5>\n\n
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The galley on HMS Caroline.<\/em> Visitors can follow in the footsteps of First World War sailors to learn where they slept, relaxed and fought <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
VISIT <\/strong><\/h5>\n\n

Full steam ahead <\/p>\n\n

When HMS Caroline <\/em>was launched in 1914, she was thrust immediately into a world at war. Two years later, she saw active service in the battle of Jutland \u2013 the biggest maritime clash of the First World War \u2013 yet escaped with barely a scratch. <\/p>\n\n

HMS Caroline <\/em>is the last surviving veteran of Jutland, which makes the chance to set foot on board very exciting. Following a three-year closure, the ship-turned-museum is opening to the public once more, now featuring interactive exhibits that teach visitors how to launch torpedoes and crack codes.<\/p>\n\n

HMS Caroline<\/em><\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n\n

The National Museum of the Royal Navy, Belfast \/ Reopens daily from 1 April \/ <\/span>nmrn.org.uk<\/a><\/em><\/h5>\n\n
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Miss Havisham (Olivia Colman) with the orphaned Pip (Fionn Whitehead). The new adaptation of Great Expectations <\/em>promises to be eerily atmospheric <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
WATCH <\/strong><\/h5>\n\n

Dreams of a better life <\/p>\n\n

The story of Philip Pirrip \u2013 Pip, the narrator of Charles Dickens\u2019 13th novel, Great <\/em>Expectations <\/em>\u2013 was first adapted for the screen in 1917. Every subsequent decade has brought a new film or TV version, and it\u2019s easy to see why. Not only does it have a fabulous plot and reveal the Victorian world in all its unforgiving glory, but it has as its emotional core one of Dickens\u2019 most attractive heroes: orphaned Pip, an accidental social climber who makes all too many avoidable mistakes as he grows, yet who also learns from his errors. <\/p>\n\n

Created and written by Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders, <\/em>SAS <\/em>Rogue <\/em>Heroes), <\/em>the latest iteration stars Fionn Whitehead as Pip, whose life is changed forever by encounters with convict Magwitch (Johnny Harris) and jilted, bitter Miss Havisham (Olivia Colman). <\/p>\n\n

Shalom Brune-Franklin stars as Miss Havisham\u2019s adopted daughter, Estella \u2013 the cold yet alluring figure who represents the sophistication to which Pip aspires \u2013 while the ensemble cast also includes such familiar faces as Ashley Thomas and Matt Berry. Expect an atmospheric take on what was already a deceptively eerie story. <\/p>\n\n

Great Expectations <\/strong><\/p>\n\n

BBC One \/ March <\/h5>\n\n
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ONLINE<\/h5>\n\n

Weekly TV & radio <\/strong>Visit historyextra.com<\/a> <\/em>for updates on upcoming TV and radio programmes<\/p>\n\n

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