Robert Winder - Three Rivers

Journey along the Rhine, the Rhone and the Po with acclaimed historian Robert Winder to discover how these three rivers, which course down from a single patch of Alpine ice in the jagged heights of Switzerland, inextricably shaped European history.

These three rivers gave birth to three different European cultures - German, French and Italian.

Three Rivers traces the rivers' journeys, revealing their impact on Europe's rich history as they flow to the sea.

While the rivers evoke Europe's past and present there is a stark warning for the future as Europe's 'water tower' is rapidly disappearing with far reaching consequences.

Climate change is rapidly affecting the nature of the rivers and especially the glaciers in which they are born.