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Macaques, and it's not hard to see why this rock has been such a prized military asset too, especially during the second world war. up here on top of the rock, you really get a sense of why this was so strategically important during the war. as we follow the map, you can see the mountains of africa to one side, and we've got spain on the other side of the rock, and of course the entrance to the mediterranean from the atlantic, so a really important place, this. inside the rock itself, work has been going on which is revealing 1000 years of history, including information on how this place was r...

Back to some of the darkest days of world war ii. the british territory of gibraltar was vital for allied access to the mediterranean, but it's very location made it vulnerable to enemy attacks, which is why a secret network of tunnels was built there. but before lockdown, christian headed there to discover some of its hidden past. this tiny territory on europe's southern tip has been the subject of fierce diplomatic wrangling for years. spain claims sovereignty, but it's been ruled by britain since 1713. tourists have always come here to take in the sunshine and feed the famous barbary macaqu...

To finish up this week we head back to some of the darkest days of world war ii. the british territory of gibraltar was vital for allied access to the mediterranean, but it's very location made it vulnerable to enemy attacks, which is why a secret network of tunnels was built there. but before lockdown, christa headed there to discover some of its hidden past. this tiny territory on europe's southern tip has been the subject of fierce diplomatic wrangling for years. spain claims sovereignty, but it's been ruled by britain since 1713. tourists have always come here to take in the sunshine and f...

♪ restless at the wind, this town's killing me ♪ >> it never went anywhere. manson didn't measure up as a singer/songwriter. he and his family, about 20 of them, had settled in the rugged foothills outside l.a. at a place called spahn ranch, an old movie location for hollywood westerns. >> one of the best things about spahn ranch was they were allowed to stay there because they would do chores. >> when they weren't working, the family went dumpster diving for food, panhandled for money, sometimes stole cars. there were a lot of drugs and plenty of sex, all directed by manson. >> he told pe...

About their experience. there's sanitiser everywhere, they've got — in all the queues for the rides, there's screens, so you're screened away from everybody. there's markers in all the lines all over the park to keep the distance into shops and restaurants. so they're really looking after us well. it it feels very, very safe here. it's not that busy, they‘ re keeping capacity very low at the moment. we had to make a reservation today, so we've got that to get into the park. you can't turn up without a ticket, so you need a reservation first. and it's — yeah, it's going very well. we had ...