George returns to a grand Victorian villa in Ormskirk to tackle the giant kitchen and utility area, and visits a Victorian flat in London that has seen better days.

In every culture, our rituals reveal what it means to be human. They allow us to express our identity, join us together and help us navigate through life. Extraordinary Rituals explores moments we all experience from birth and death to marriage and funerals. Highlighting ancient and modern ceremonies, spectacular and extreme, from the cities of Japan to the jungles of New Guinea.

George helps out at the restoration of an Edwardian arts-and-crafts terraced house where the amazing original features need plenty of TLC.

*This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy* How do rituals adapt in a changing world? Ancient magic meets modern wrestling in Senegal's top sport. But why give up family, wealth and your hair to be initiated as a Jain nun?

Sanjeev Bhaskar explore the lives of the 20th century's greatest activists, examining the lives of Emmeline Pankhurst, Mahatma Gandhi, Helen Keller and Martin Luther King Jr. He'll assess the qualities that made them great, and the groundbreaking ways in which each of them fought for their causes. The 20th Century was the century of activism. It was a century in which a series of extraordinarily brave individuals encouraged whole swathes of society...

Clare Balding examine the achievements of four of the 20th century's most influential sports stars. Clare will be assessing the legacies of Pele, Muhammad Ali, Billie Jean King and Tanni Grey Thompson. Each of them transcended their sport, and had an impact on the century far beyond their professional record. As the 20th century began, sport largely belonged to those who could afford leisure time, and was often an amateur pursuit. By the year 2000,...

George takes on a classic 1930s terraced home with a tiny kitchen and two mismatched fireplaces, and revisits a Victorian home that he previously helped renovate.

Massive and often extreme rituals bring thousands of people together, from a spectacular ancient battle in Indonesia to a modern ceremony in the desert at Burning Man.

A year on from Barack Obama's inauguration, Simon Schama examines the issue that more than any other will determine the fate of his presidency: Afghanistan. It's a war which Obama inherited but which he has pledged to continue fighting - a conflict that will cost many more American and British lives. As Simon Schama explains, it wasn't just a political miscalculation which landed the US and its allies in military crisis, but an historical miscalculation...

This episode travels back in time to Ethiopia 3.2 million years ago to witness the beginnings of mankind. It follows a group of Australopithecus, a type of ape which, just like us, walks upright on two legs. But unlike us, these early members of the human family were not predators, they were prey. Things get worse and worse for the group as they are hunted by a sabre tooth cat called Dinofelis and fall victim to other dangers such as malaria, rival...