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  • 2010
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    Gods and Monsters: Homer's Odyssey

    Gods and Monsters: Homer's Odyssey

    5.50 2010 HD

    Virginia Woolf said that Homer's epic poem the Odyssey was 'alive to every tremor and gleam of existence'. Following the magical and strange...

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  • 2012
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    Magnificent Machines: The Golden Age of the British Sports Car

    Magnificent Machines: The Golden Age of the British Sports Car

    1 2012 HD

    From the MG Midget, much loved by American GIs, through to the more affordable Austin Healey 'frog-eye' Sprite and the E-Type Jaguar, seen by many as...

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  • 2022
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    Mysteries of the Bayeux Tapestry

    Mysteries of the Bayeux Tapestry

    7.00 2022 HD

    The Bayeux Tapestry is a remarkable and unique work of art that has survived for almost 1,000 years. Made in the 11th century, it tells the story of...

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  • 2002
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    Goya: Crazy Like a Genius

    Goya: Crazy Like a Genius

    7.50 2002 HD

    Join art historian Robert Hughes for a fascinating journey into the life of Spanish painter Francisco Goya. Using the artist's works as the...

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  • 2013
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    Big Bill Broonzy: The Man who Brought the Blues to Britain

    Big Bill Broonzy: The Man who Brought the Blues to Britain

    1 2013 HD

    Big Bill Broonzy would inspire a generation of musicians, yet he was not the man they believed him to be. This first, very intimate, biography of the...

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  • 2018
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    Synth & Beyond

    Synth & Beyond

    1 2018 HD

    New Order's Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert unpack a playlist of electro, pop and new wave classics spanning four decades. Stephen and Gillian...

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  • 2013
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    The Spy Who Went Into the Cold

    The Spy Who Went Into the Cold

    6.50 2013 HD

    A documentary about Kim Philby, a British member of MI6 who was in reality a spy and defected to the U.S.S.R.

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  • 2011
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    John Steinbeck: Voice of America

    John Steinbeck: Voice of America

    1 2011 HD

    Melvyn Bragg travels from Oklahoma to California to examine the enduring legacy of the Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck.

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  • 2015
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    World's Weirdest Homes

    World's Weirdest Homes

    8.00 2015 HD

    Charlie Luxton presents the world's 20 weirdest, most fascinating and jaw-dropping homes, from a house shaped like a beagle to a home in a New York...

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  • 2003
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    Dylan Thomas: From Grave to Cradle

    Dylan Thomas: From Grave to Cradle

    1 2003 HD

    Born in 1914, Dylan Thomas was an unruly and undisciplined child who was interested only in English at school and was determined from childhood to...

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  • 2008
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    Wonderland: The 92 Year Old Danger Junkie

    Wonderland: The 92 Year Old Danger Junkie

    1 2008 HD

    Filmmaker Daniel Vernon follows the veteran escapologist Ron Cunningham(The Great Omani) for more than five years and the result is this poignant...

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  • 2018
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    Captain Jack and the Furious Few

    Captain Jack and the Furious Few

    1 2018 HD

    The remarkable story of a pioneering aviator from Ulster during World War I.

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  • 2020
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    L'énigme quantique d'Einstein

    L'énigme quantique d'Einstein

    7.00 2020 HD

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  • 2014
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    Bob Harris: My Nashville

    Bob Harris: My Nashville

    5.00 2014 HD

    'Whispering' Bob Harris journeys to America's country music capital to reveal why Nashville became Music City USA. From the beginnings of the Grand...

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  • 2011
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    Reggae Concert from the Edinburgh Festival

    Reggae Concert from the Edinburgh Festival

    1 2011 HD

    Live performance specially recorded for Whistle Test from the Reggae Concert at the Edinburgh Festival in 1973, featuring The Cimarons, Winston...

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  • 2010
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    Rosslyn Chapel: A Treasure in Stone

    Rosslyn Chapel: A Treasure in Stone

    1 2010 HD

    The exquisite Rosslyn Chapel is a masterpiece in stone. It used to be one of Scotland's best-kept secrets, but it became world-famous when it was...

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  • 2018
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    Blues and Beyond

    Blues and Beyond

    1 2018 HD

    DJ and broadcaster Cerys Matthews and acclaimed blues photographer Val Wilmer select their favorite blues musicians, several of whom Val has met and...

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  • 1985
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    Mick Jagger - Whistle Test Special: It's Only Rock and Roll

    Mick Jagger - Whistle Test Special: It's Only Rock and Roll

    1 1985 HD

    David Hepworth interviews Mick Jagger about his career with The Rolling Stones and his solo work. Includes film clips and videos spanning Jagger's...

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  • 2016
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    Yehudi Menuhin: Who Was Yehudi?

    Yehudi Menuhin: Who Was Yehudi?

    1 2016 HD

    Yehudi Menuhin was the 20th century's greatest violinist. He was a child prodigy but the man behind the violin was harder to know. Endlessly touring...

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  • 2001
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    Free Will And Testament: The Robert Wyatt Story

    Free Will And Testament: The Robert Wyatt Story

    1 2001 HD

    Robert Wyatt is one of the best-kept secrets of contemporary British music. Drummer and vocalist in Soft Machine which played with Hendrix and Pink...

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