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Richard E Grant packs his clothes and a bag of books and travels to the locations authors have fictionalised to gain a sense of the places that...

We live in a world ablaze with colour. Rainbows and rainforests, oceans and humanity, Earth is the most colourful place we know of. But the colours...

Quiz show hosted by Marcus Du Sautoy who poses the trickiest puzzles to bend the minds of the team members Kathy Sykes, Irving Finkel, Jim Al-Khalili...

Damien Trench is a neurotic cookery writer, living in Queen's Park with his partner, Anthony. The show focuses on Damien and everything that happens...

British historian Lucy Worsley reveals how some of the biggest moments in US history are actually fibs and stories concocted by pop culture, politics...

Contest in which teams fight each other in virtual reruns of the world's greatest battles.

Party Animals presents Westminster from the ground up – the young researchers and advisors shouldering huge responsibility in a frantic,...

Shaun Greenhalgh and Dr Janina Ramirez research and remake a selection of precious objects from the past using traditional materials and methods.

From the pioneering work of Galen on Roman gladiators to the latest advances in plastic surgery, this five-part series illustrates the evolution of...

A landmark, three-part series that tells the human story through our relationship to water. We find out how our success is intimately connected to...

Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief – known in the United States as A Brief History of Disbelief – is a 2004 television documentary...

Ed Asner tells the story of RKO Pictures from the 1920s to the 1960s.

The BBC's orchestras are joined by world-renowned singers and musicians at some of the UK's most beautiful concert halls, performing the best in...

Alastair Sooke tells the story of Ancient Egyptian art through 30 extraordinary masterpieces.

Monologues inspired by women who have spoken out, challenged the status quo or made a stand – often at great personal cost.

The joy of a very British hobby, brought to you by Peter Snow and his team, revealing the hidden histories, engineering marvels and true pleasures of...

The Book Quiz is a literary panel show. The first series, broadcast in 2007, was hosted by David Baddiel with a second 2008 series was hosted by...

Powerful adaptation of DH Lawrence's novels The Rainbow and Women in Love, focusing on the lives of two sisters as they struggle with love, passion...

A documentary series about pop and rock albums that are considered the best or most distinctive of a well-known band or musician or that exemplify a...

A series chronicling the events which shaped the continent of Europe as we now know it.