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June 26, 2011

Specials

Five episodes which weren't subsequently repeated as part of the series version on BBC Four.

01. North East

Ian Lavender travels to Grasmere in Cumbria to learn more about some of the wartime paintings found tucked away in churches and tiny galleries across the Lake District.

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02. South

Joe Crowley unravels the mystery of recently discovered paintings charting Thomas Hardy's landscapes and the extraordinary relationship between Dorset's famous author and an Edwardian artist.

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03. South West

Curtis Dowling attempts to establish whether two paintings by artist Alfred Wallis are fake or genuine, resorting to scientific tests to get to the truth.

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04. West Midlands

With 80 percent of the national art collection in storage, there are thousands of hidden treasures in the basements and storerooms of our museums and galleries. Nick Hancock returns to his hometown, Stoke-on-Trent, in search for the lost art depicting the West Midlands's industrial past.

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05. Yorkshire and Lincolnshire

Linda Barker discovers over 11,000 travel posters from the golden age of steam at the National Railway Museum in York, and views the original artwork for the Jolly Fisherman.