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Series celebrating the historical and contemporary links between Scottish and Irish Gaelic song by bringing together top exponents of both traditions...

Composer Soumik Datta travels around India exploring the country's rich and diverse culture and history through its music.

An exploration of the work of Britain's greatest fell walker and author, Alfred Wainwright.

Mathematician Marcus du Sautoy explores the stories behind some of the most familiar scientific diagrams.

Four young British art historians delve into six decades of the BBC archives to discover the powerful way in which television influences our...

From newsreels and films of the early twentieth century, this series gives us a look at how the first half of the 20th Century saw itself.

Dawn French interviews famous comedians about how they started, their inspirations and their careers.

Former director and chief curator of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Edmund Capon explores the story of Australian art through the country's rich...

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

How should art depict the relationship between man and God? How can art best express eternal values? Can you, and should you, portray the face of...

Historian Bettany Hughes travels to India, Greece and China on the trail of three giants of ancient philosophy - Buddha, Socrates and Confucius.

Jim Al-Khalili tackles the greatest question in science - how the universe began. By recreating key experiments Jim unravels the mystery of science's...

These unorthodox military innovations were not developed by chance, each was constructed to solve a tactical or strategic problem, such as overcoming...

Take a gentle walk as familiar faces explore landscapes in the north of England in this series of immersive and intimate documentaries.

Julia Bradbury sets out on four walks that explore South Africa's claim to be 'a world in one country', going far beyond the normal tourist...

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...

Andrew Graham-Dixon examines the history of French art, revealing how it emerged from a struggle between tradition and revolution, and rulers and...

This is the secret, and untold, history of pop and rock from the men and women who pulled the strings behind the scenes - the producers, the managers...

Michael Mosley embarks on three journeys to understand science's last great frontier - the human mind - as he traces the history of the attempts to...