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

Stories about the impact of World War I around the regions.

From the Tower of London to Buckingham Palace, Dan Cruickshank tells the story of a thousand years of palace building, the mystery of why so many...

This television documentary in four episodes features interviews, archival footage, and scenery to trace the history of railroads from Victorian...

A look at traditional Japanese crafts and craftspeople. Each edition of the series follows the work of those making a culturally important product in...

Series looking at three Everest expeditions - by balloon, canoe and climbing without oxygen.

Documentary series shot at the Royal Military Academy over the course of a year, following the journey of one intake of cadets through the...

Series of documentary travelogues following in the footsteps of 14th Century Moroccan scholar Ibn Battutah, who covered 75,000 miles, 40 countries...

Tales from the Palaces is a British television documentary series following the conservation teams inside Britain's Historic Royal Palaces: Hampton...

Midge Ure and Kim Appleby explore the distinct sounds that came out of different parts of Britain and Ireland in one of pop's golden decades.

Take a gentle walk as familiar faces explore landscapes in the north of England in this series of immersive and intimate documentaries.

Dr Sam Willis charts the history of the British outlaws.

Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! is a 2006 BBC Four television play starring Michael Sheen as the English comic actor Kenneth Williams, based on...

A look at the development of British indie music, born in the 1970s when the music industry was controlled by the major record labels and releasing a...

Arabic scholar Tim Mackintosh-Smith journeys 75,000 miles through 40 countries in the footsteps of 14th century traveller Ibn Battutah, who was born...

Former director and chief curator of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Edmund Capon explores the story of Australian art through the country's rich...

Travellers' Century is a 2008 BBC Television documentary series presented by Benedict Allen that profiles the lives of three influential 20th century...

Vivid and heartbreaking stories told by the last Tommies - filmed in their 90s and 100s - remembering life and death in World War I, illustrated with...

It is estimated that 99 per cent of species have become extinct and there have been times when life's hold on Earth has been so precarious it seems...

Riding onboard with a cheetah, a green turtle and a white-tailed sea eagle as they show us around their homes, with natural sounds and embedded...