The remarkable story of a band of visionaries and volunteers who rescued some of the narrow gauge railways that once served Britain’s industries.

A series of films which ask what it means to live in poverty in the 21st Century.

Professor Jim Al-Khalili investigates the important concepts of energy and information.

Joe leaves working-class, industrial Dufton behind him and takes a job as senior audit clerk at the town hall in affluent Warley. He takes ...

Treasures of Ancient Rome is a 2012 three-part documentary written and presented by Alastair Sooke. The series was produced by the BBC, and ...

Series which celebrates an unlikely story of outstanding British aviation achievement at a time of national austerity, the breathtaking planes ...

Earth is a collection of worlds within worlds, each one a self-contained ecosystem bursting with life. These microworlds depend on an intricate ...

Celebrity hosts guide viewers through William Shakespeare’s plays in performance. Each episode serves as a primer for newcomers to ...

A brand new take on the most transformative force in British popular music history.

Historian Dr Lucy Worsley immerses herself in the world of Restoration England, exploring the captivating lives of the women of the period.

How the Art Nouveau movement flourished in the burgeoning cities of Europe at the end of the 19th century.

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

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

Timothy Spall and his wife Shane are back on board their beloved barge the Princess Matilda as they conclude their trip around the British coast.

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 ...

A witty and stimulating look at Chance, Logic, Data and Statistics and the roles they play in our lives.

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

Andrew Graham-Dixon embarks on his most ambitious journey yet, an exploration of the rich, exciting and diverse art history of the United States ...

Simon Russell Beale presents a radical reappraisal of the place of the symphony in the modern world and explores the surprising way in which it ...

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

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

Examine how justice is served in rural areas of China so remote and isolated that the villagers have almost no contact with, and are deeply ...

Historian Lucy Worsley presents a series marking the 200th anniversary of one of the most explosive and creative decades in British history, the ...

Untrained mariner Timothy Spall has spent a fortune on technology for his new challenge – the unpredictable Irish Sea – as he and his ...

British Masters is a three-part BBC television series on 20th century British art, presented by Dr James Fox and first broadcast in July 2011 on ...