Pop Quiz: The ComebackIt was the Saturday night smash hit music quiz show that ran for four years between 1981 and 1984. Over 30 years later it's back, with the original presenter Mike Read hosting the first of two special celebration shows where the biggest pop stars from the 1980s go head to head…
NASA: Triumph and TragedyIn 2009, NASA celebrates the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing. This documentary series offers audiences a unique chance to glimpse an astronaut's view of space flight. It is an epic story of heroes and their breathtaking successes as they further humanity's innate…
Art of FranceAndrew Graham Dixon takes viewers on a stunning visual journey through French art history.
A Very British HistoryA Very British History explores key moments in the 20th century for minority communities across Britain - including the stories of Romany Gypsies around the Home Counties, the Jewish community in Leeds, Afro-Caribbeans in Birmingham, and Ugandan Asians in Leicester and…
Rebels and Redcoats: How Britain Lost AmericaHistorian Richard Holmes brings us the extraordinary story of America's first civil war. We've been told that the War of Independence was the American people's struggle for liberty against an oppressive colonial power. However, many Americans were loyal to the British Crown…
The QuizeumGriff Rhys Jones hosts the part panel, part quiz show which is based around the UK's museums.
How to Be Bohemian with Victoria Coren MitchellAn exploration of the history of bohemians - weird and wonderful artists and writers who have chosen to defy convention, from radical romantics to sandal-wearing vegetarians and sexual-experimenters.
TimeIn this four-programme series, string theory pioneer Michio Kaku goes on an extraordinary exploration of the world in search of time.He discovers our sense of time passing and the clocks that drive our bodies. He reveals the forces of time that make and destroy us in a lifetime.…
Vienna: Empire, Dynasty and DreamFor more than a thousand years Vienna was the pivotal city in Europe. From the age of the Romans until WWII, its strategic position on the River Danube made it witness to war, intrigue, deceit and struggles for power.In this new three-part series, writer and broadcaster Simon…
Sword, Musket and Machine Gun: Britain's Armed HistoryFrom the Saxon shield-wall to the discovery of gunpowder and the invention of the machine gun, Dr. Sam Willis traces the history of the weapons that have shaped Britain.
Jet! When Britain Ruled the SkiesSeries which celebrates an unlikely story of outstanding British aviation achievement at a time of national austerity, the breathtaking planes that were built and the remarkable men who flew them.
The First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made BritainThe First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made Britain will present the revealing and surprising story of Britain in the reigns of George I and George II (1714-60) – the age of the ‘German Georges'. In 1714, Britain imported a new German royal family from Hanover, headed by…
SandhurstWith extraordinary and privileged access, Sandhurst is a three-part observational documentary shot at the Royal Military Academy over the course of a year. The series follows the journey of one intake of cadets, both male and female, through the 200-year-old institution - three…
Glamour's Golden AgeSeries looking at the 1920s and 30s, which creates a portrait of an age so daring, influential and exciting that it still shapes who we are today.
Charles I: Downfall of a KingHistorian Lisa Hilton discovers how, in just fifty tempestuous days, Charles I's rule collapsed, laying the foundations for civil war, the loss of royal power and, ultimately, the king's head.
Being BeethovenMarking the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth in 1770, a documentary series that focuses on the real, complex and often difficult man behind the great composer.
Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years WarDr. Janina Ramirez explores the fall-out of the longest and bloodiest divorce in history, when little England dared to take on the superpower of France.
A Very English VillageFive-part documentary series examining life in the Sussex village of Ditchling.
Chemistry: A Volatile HistorySeries in which Jim Al-Khalili traces the story of how the elements, the building blocks that make up our entire world, were discovered and mapped.
Britain in Focus: A Photographic HistorySeries in which Eamonn McCabe celebrates Britain's greatest photographers, sees how science allowed their art to develop, and explores how they have captured our changing lives and country.
The Wonder of Bees with Martha KearneySeries which follows Martha Kearney's bee-keeping year and explores the science, art and culture of the honeybee, the most ingenious insect known to humankind.
The CellDr. Adam Rutherford tells the extraordinary story of the scientific quest to discover the secrets of the cell and of life itself.
Lost Films of WWIIThe story of what it felt like to live in Britain during World War II, told through the eyewitness accounts and cine films of ordinary people.
Soul AmericaSoul America chronicles the journey of soul music, from its birth out of gospel and R&B in the 1960s, when it delivered an assertive, integrated vision of black America, and produced its first generation of stars including Otis Redding and Aretha Franklin.
Crooked HouseWhen schoolteacher Ben unearths an old door knocker in the garden of his new home, the curator suggests it may come from the now-demolished house, reputed to be haunted. Ben prompts the curator to tell him stories about the house's past.
Castles: Britain's Fortified HistoryHistorian Sam Willis traces the story of Britain's castles and their unique role in our history, art and literature.
Lost Kingdoms of South AmericaArchaeologist Dr. Jago Cooper reveals the extraordinary history of some of South America's ancient civilisations.
Size MattersHannah Fry takes a spectacular look at the science of size by imagining a parallel world in which everything is made bigger or smaller.
Can You Feel It - How Dance Music Conquered the WorldThe story of the dance revolution - the beat, the clubs and the DJs that changed music culture forever.
Secret Life of Farm AnimalsDocumentary series looking at the secret life of farm animals.
