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

The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures are a series of lectures on a single topic, which have been held at the Royal Institution in London each...

For more than 2,000 years, a mathematical riddle has baffled the world’s greatest minds. It’s a problem of such difficulty that it has...

A story of unrequited love set in 1930s London, against the backdrop of grimy streets and public houses.

Party Animals presents Westminster from the ground up – the young researchers and advisors shouldering huge responsibility in a frantic,...

BBC Young Musician (Young Musician of the Year) first appeared on our TV screens in 1978. The brainchild of BBC producers Humphrey Burton, Walter...

Crooked House is a British supernatural drama miniseries broadcast on BBC Four from 22-24 December 2008. Created and written by Mark Gatiss, and...

Folk musicians from both sides of the Atlantic come together in what have been called “the greatest backporch shows ever.” Collaborative...

Ed Asner tells the story of RKO Pictures from the 1920s to the 1960s.

A series chronicling the events which shaped the continent of Europe as we now know it.

Series looking at aspects of British metalworking over the centuries, including the art of the silversmith, the history of armour and the work of the...

A three-part series exploring how the British musical became a driving force behind musical theatre around the world — a tale of shows, daring,...

A series in which arts presenter Mark Lawson has a 60-minute in-depth conversation with a notable figure.

Comedy drama that shines a light on the day-to-day life of a family looking after their severely learning disabled girl, Rosie.

Brian Pern is an ageing rock star and former front-man of ground breaking progressive rock group Thotch. Like many artists of his age, rather than...

An art magazine show guest-edited by a different personality each week.

Take a mind-blowing journey through human history, told through six iconic objects that modern people take for granted, and see how science,...

We Need Answers is a British television panel game presented by comedians Mark Watson, Tim Key and Alex Horne. The show features a pair of...

Darkly comic series about life on a hospital ward and a nursing team who have to get on with the job despite challenges thrown up by the modern NHS.

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