THE VICEROY'S DAUGHTERS

1939: THE LAST SEASON

As war clouds gathered over Europe there was nothing to do but wait, and dance. 1939 may have been the last season of peace, but it was also the the last flutter of Thirties Society, marked by balls, house parties, and the pop of champagne corks.

DEBS AT WAR: 1939-1945

A fascinating insight into how pre-war debutantes adapted to the challenges of the Second World War, taking on the roles of nurses, pilots, spies, land girls, ambulance drivers, decoders and factory workers.

FISHING FLEET, THE: HUSBAND-HUNTING IN THE RAJ

From the late 19th century, when the Raj was at its height, many of Britain's best and brightest young men went out to India to work. Countless young women, suffering at the lack of eligible men, followed in their wake. The women were known as 'the fishing fleet', and this is their story.

SNOWDON: THE BIOGRAPHY

A biography of the man who married, and divorced, Princess Margaret. One of the great British photographers, up there with Beaton, Bailey and Parkinson, at 76 he now suffers from a recurrence of childhood polio and needs sticks or a wheelchair to get around. By any standards he has had an extraordinary life.