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Beautiful Minds is a BBC documentary series shown on BBC Four, which features significant British scientists who describe their big moment or...

Composer and musician Neil Brand presents a series on musical theatre evolution over the last century.

Dr Helen Czerski examines the world of sound waves.

Asian Invasion is a three-part mini-series presented by Jonathan Ross which aired on BBC Four in January 2006. Focusing on East Asian cinema, the...

Professor Richard Fortey travels to some of the greatest fossil sites on earth to discover more about the distant past.

Three British aristocratic families struggle to hang on to their historic homes. Their lifestyle is assumed to be idyllic, but constant battle with...

Professor Jim Al-Khalili shows how, by uncovering its secrets, scientists have used light to reveal the universe.

In an absorbing study, Andrew Graham-Dixon tells the story of a national art that conveys passion, precision, hope and renewal. He juxtaposes...

Dr Jago Cooper travels through Peru and Ecuador to reassess the origins, accomplishments and nature of one of the greatest empires the world has ever...

Series of documentaries exploring Britain's relationship with fabric, featuring knitting, needlework and wallpaper.

Professor Catharine Edwards explores the dramatic story of the women who tasted power in the Roman Empire.

Newswipe with Charlie Brooker was a British news review programme broadcast on BBC Four written and presented by Charlie Brooker. It is similar to...

The First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made Britain, will present the revealing and surprising story of Britain in the reigns of George I and...

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

Julia Bradbury takes her boots and backpack to the Continent to explore the landscape of Germany and the cultural movement that made it famous -...

Dr Jago Cooper explores the rise and fall of the forgotten civilisations of Central America.

Art historian James Fox tells the story of our ever-changing relationship with nature through the lens of some of the world’s most...