BBC Four

Three-part series about trains crossing borders in India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan, reconnecting families, cultures and history.

In this mind-bending series, Jim Al-Khalili explores the vast range of size in the universe, from tiny atoms to gigantic, interconnected galaxies.

The grit, humour and courage of ordinary people in the bleakest of circumstances. Darkly comic, poignant and sometimes devastating monologues ...

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

Richard E Grant packs his clothes and a bag of books and travels to the locations authors have fictionalised to gain a sense of the places that ...

The visionary work and the turbulent life of Ernest Hemingway, one of the greatest and most influential writers America has ever produced. ...

Broadcaster and journalist Samira Ahmed goes on a remarkable journey to places rarely seen, as she travels through Iran, telling the story of a ...

Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo host a weekly guide to the best (and worst) of streaming culture in the 21st century, across film and premium television.

A landmark, three-part series that tells the human story through our relationship to water. We find out how our success is intimately connected ...

Historian Lucy Worsley debunks popular myths and royal as well as anti-royal propaganda about key events from British royal history including the ...

Following teams of detectives and specialists involved in murder investigations.

A candid look at what life was really like for those living in, and under Hitler’s Swastika – at home – and abroad, a record ...

Art historian Waldemar Januszczak uncovers the secret meanings hidden within some of the greatest paintings by Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cezanne and Seurat .

Documentary series in which art historian James Fox explores how the power of images has transformed the modern world.

In a landmark 7-part series, Spotlight – Northern Ireland’s leading team of investigative journalists – reveal important new ...

Historian Lisa Hilton discovers how, in just fifty tempestuous days, Charles I’s rule collapsed, laying the foundations for civil war, the loss ...

The joy of a very British hobby, brought to you by Peter Snow and his team, revealing the hidden histories, engineering marvels and true ...

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

James May follows a year inside Hornby Hobbies – an iconic British toymaker on the brink of collapse.

British historian Lucy Worsley reveals how some of the biggest moments in US history are actually fibs and stories concocted by pop culture, ...

Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer provide songs, sketches and silliness in buckets.

The case of the Yorkshire Ripper is re-examined by film-maker Liza Williams.

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

In 1955 Ruth Ellis was the last woman hanged in Britain for the murder of her lover. In this investigative three-part series film-maker Gillian ...

Dr Helen Czerski goes on a spectacular journey to the extremes of the temperature scale, where everyday laws of physics break down and a new ...

Mark Kermode reveals the film-making tricks and techniques behind classic movie genres, from romcoms to horrors.

Fashion historian Amber Butchart fuses biography, art and the history of fashion as she explores the lives of historical figures by examining the ...

The rise and fall of Lady Jane Grey. England’s Queen for only 9 days

A series of eight monologues set in the same pub over many years of gay history in response to the 50th anniversary of the Sexual Offences Act.

A look at traditional Japanese crafts and craftspeople. Each edition of the series follows the work of those making a culturally important ...