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Dan Snow explores the political intrigues and family betrayals between the Vikings, Anglo-Saxons and Normans that led to war.

Fermanagh, Irish countryside, 1885. On her 23rd birthday, Beth, who lives on a remote farm with Billy Winters, her tyrannical stepfather, whom ...

Wildlife cameraman Gordon Buchanan travels to the remotest regions on three continents to join three tribal families, learning their unique ...

Having road-tested retirement in India, Miriam Margoyles, Wayne Sleep, Bobby George and Rosemary Shrager are reunited to discover what it is like ...

The inside story of a family dynasty at the heart of one of the world’s biggest problems.

Entrepreneur Sarah Moore saves things from being dumped and transforms them into valuable pieces, making money for people who had no idea there ...

A three part documentary exploring the unusual ways modern America deals with birth, love and death.

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

According to recent science the Neanderthals are not the knuckle-dragging apemen of popular imagination. In fact they are our distant ancestors. ...

Explores the spectacular and emotional world of rituals.

As a child, Kate Ashby was rescued from the horrific aftermath of the Rwandan genocide and brought to the UK. But the tragic shadow of her past ...

Max is a charismatic self-made American businessman with media outlets in London and around the world. When the self-destructive lifestyle of his ...

Baking competition pitting teams of professional chefs against each other to create towering showpieces and multitudes of miniatures, under the ...

An entertaining and enlightening game show celebrating the animal kingdom, with two competing teams going head-to-head across a variety of ...

Victorian Farm Christmas looks into the lives of 19th century farmers and shows you how to make traditional gifts, food, games and decorations.

Famalam shines a comedic light on everything – from alien encounters in the outer reaches of the galaxy to what happens when a man is left ...

The training programme of one of World War Two’s most covert organisations, the Special Operations Executive or SEO, is resurrected.

tech writer Jamie Bartlett tries to uncover the dark reality behind Silicon Valley’s glittering promise to build a better world.

Guided by a century-old Bradshaw’s Handbook of Indian, Foreign and Colonial Travel, Michael Portillo embarks on a railway adventure across India ...

One British family embark on an extraordinary time-travelling adventure to discover how a post-war revolution in the food we eat has transformed ...

100 trillion cells. 280 days. One human life. A BBC Science series, produced in partnership with The Open University, exploring the making of you.

When the body of a foreign student is discovered in the streets of the down-at-heel city of Besźel, it’s just another day’s work for Inspector ...

How do you build a medieval castle from scratch? Domestic historian Ruth Goodman and archeologists Peter Ginn and Tom Pinfold make perhaps their ...

Travel writer Simon Reeve embarks upon two long-distance journeys across Turkey, exploring this dramatic and beautiful country that now finds ...

The story of art from the dawn of human history to the present day—for the first time on a global scale. Inspired by Civilisation, Kenneth ...

A new perspective on wildlife at night. A team of biologists and specialist camera crew explore the length of South and Central America to find ...

Monty Don, one of Britain’s favourite gardeners, has spent the last year working with enthusiasts up and down the country to help them ...

Go beyond Thailand’s beaches to discover a sacred kingdom of awe-inspiring beauty. This series takes in the towering limestone cliffs, the ...

Louis immerses himself in the world of Ohio’s state psychiatric hospitals, meeting patients who have committed crimes – at times ...

Louis takes an in-depth look at Miami’s jail system, a vast holding pen for the unconvicted where most inmates are awaiting trial.

In this four-part series classicist and historian, Professor Mary Beard draws on her immense scholarship, unique viewpoints and myth-busting ...

Britain’s most extraordinary job seekers aim to prove that having a neurological condition, such as Tourette’s or autism, ...

A team of independent experts re-examine the evidence in the Chillenden murders case.

A docudrama telling the story of the events that unfolded when a Scottish army led by Robert Bruce tried to drive the English out of Ireland 700 ...

When a pizza delivery driver is shot dead in south London, a tenacious detective goes after the people traffickers behind his murder and unravels ...

A definitive look at how the new challenges facing the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia could change our world. This investigative series takes an ...

This three-part series uncovers the network of spymasters and secret agents that helped protect Queen Elizabeth I from assassination, terror and ...

The legacy of famed psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud informs the lives of people throughout the world even to this day, though it’s a phenomenon ...

Rick Stein embarks on a series of culinary long weekends in search of food excellence and brilliant recipes, heading to markets, restaurants, ...

Inspired by a road trip that he made in the 1970’s, the UK chef documents the food and culture from San Francisco in California down to ...

Nigella Lawson shows us food we can all bring to our own tables, vibrant and varied but always relaxed.

Professor Mary Beard looks beyond the stories of emperors, armies, guts and gore to meet the everyday people at the heart of Ancient Rome’s ...

The UK’s leading inventors create ingenious new solutions to every-day problems and build life-changing solutions for people in desperate need.

Science journalist and qualified doctor Michael Mosley along with a team of doctors investigate health issues and provide definitive answers.

Filmed over 18 months, this documentary series goes into the heart of the British Army. Through the eyes of the rank and file and the leaders, it ...

Louis Theroux visits three American cities and examines a uniquely devastating human crisis in each – heroin addiction, sex trafficking and ...

With unprecedented access to the SAS secret files, unseen footage and exclusive interviews with its founder members, this series tells the ...

One hundred years after the Russian Revolution, Simon Reeve embarks on an extraordinary three-part journey across Russia.

In this major three-part series, Chris and Xand van Tulleken uncover the latest secrets of our bodies.

With unparalleled and intimate access, this four-part series follows Manchester’s murder detectives over the course of a year as they try ...