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2/4. Robert Macfarlane explores nature in China, visiting the Great Wall.
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1/4. Robert Macfarlane joins veteran winter swimmers in a Beijing park.
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5/5. Robert Winston explores the events surrounding the theft of Haydn's head from his grave.
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4/5. Stephen Johnson reflects on Haydn's sense of humour.
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3/5. Richard Holmes explores Haydn's reaction to the ideas of the astronomer William Herschel.
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