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Stephen K. Amos and Susan Calman present a unique series in which LGBTQ people from across the UK talk about the objects that helped to define their...

A three-part docuseries chronicling the journey of soul music, from its birth out of gospel and R&B in the 1960s, when it delivered an assertive,...

During the reign of Henry VIII much was created buildings, music, artworks. Did this compensate for the destruction of the monastries and their...

Mark Miodownik reveals how the properties of materials are made to work for us

Wide Sargasso Sea is a British television adaptation of Jean Rhys's 1966 novel of the same name. Produced by Kudos Film & Television for BBC Wales,...

While making Simon Schama’s History of Now, Simon met several of the most influential contemporary artists working in the world today. In this...

Series looking at how the Commonwealth of Nations, with over 50 member countries and a quarter of the world's population, has captured the...

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

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

A look at kids' telly from the 1950s to the 1990s, covering the social trends and behind-the-scenes stories in each decade.

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

Naturalist Stewart McPherson travels to all the UK Overseas Territories, exploring their wildlife, landscapes, history and people

Joseph Leo Koerner argues that the Renaissance in Northern Europe - more so than its Italian counterpart - laid the foundations of modern art.

The Worst Journey in the World is a 2007 BBC Television docudrama based on the memoir of the same name by polar explorer Apsley Cherry-Garrard. The...

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...

Catching History's Criminals: The Forensics Story

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...