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Simon Sebag Montefiore embarks on a fascinating journey to unlock 2,000 years of Spain’s history.

Historian Bettany Hughes travels to India, Greece and China on the trail of three giants of ancient philosophy – Buddha, Socrates and Confucius.

Catching History’s Criminals: The Forensics Story

Classic books are considered with a fresh eye. Returning to the authors’ original manuscripts and letters, expert writers and performers ...

Professor of physics Jim Al-Khalili investigates the most accurate and yet perplexing scientific theory ever – quantum physics.

Alastair Sooke explores the riches and unique legacy of Greek art.

Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago. ...

Part quiz, part panel show which celebrates the UK’s unique and fascinating museums.

Dr James Fox explores how, in the hands of artists, the colours gold, blue and white have stirred our emotions, changed the way we behave and ...

The lives of two eccentric metal detectorists, who spend their days plodding along ploughed tracks and open fields, hoping to disturb the tedium ...

The Code is a drama series which tells tells the story of two brothers who discover some information that those at the highest levels of ...

Adam Nicolson looks at how and why whale populations were so drastically reduced in the 20th century, and attempts to see whaling through the ...

In this “entertaining medical series” (The Sunday Times, U.K.), Dr. Michael Mosley shows how drugs have revolutionized medicine and ...

Series which follows Martha Kearney’s bee-keeping year and explores the science, art and culture of the honeybee, the most ingenious insect ...

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

Brian Pern is an ageing rock star and former front-man of ground breaking progressive rock group Thotch. Like many artists of his age, rather ...

Historian Dr Helen Castor explores the lives of seven English queens who challenged male power, the fierce reactions they provoked and whether ...

This documentary takes a look at some of the most horrible and despicable murders in modern British history. From Jack the Ripper in the 1880s to ...

In a series of authored films, some of our most engaging experts reveal their favourite hidden objects, forgotten places and artistic passions.

Series combining human stories, expert interviews, book illustrations and historic archive to reveal the beauty of books.

Author and historian Simon Sebag Montefiore presents a three-part series that illuminates the history of the sacred, and peerlessly beautiful ...

Detective Dirk Gently operates based on the fundamental interconnectedness of all things.

Professor Jim Al-Khalili tells the electrifying story of our quest to master nature’s most mysterious force – electricity. Until ...

Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch – one of the world’s leading historians – reveals the origins of Christianity and explores what ...

A mock-documentary following the challenges – both personal and professional – faced by the team responsible for delivering the ...

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, ...

Dr Alice Roberts follows a year of British archaeology, joining up the results of digs and investigations the length of the country.

The Great Outdoors was a British television sitcom. The show follows the friendships of a misfit rambling club in Southern England 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.

Lost Kingdoms of Africa is a British television documentary series. It is produced by the BBC. It describes the pre-colonial history of Africa. ...