BBC Four

It’s 1910 and we’re in Banbury church hall at the Banbury Intricate Craft Circle. Margaret has been to London and discovered the ...

Marcus du Sautoy, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford, escorts you through the most important of all intellectual disciplines: ...

Documentary series in which Dr Hannah Fry explores the mystery of maths. Is it invented like a language or is it discovered and part of the ...

No easy answers? Decision-makers from Kissinger to Rice revisit how the US responded to conflicts from Rwanda to Iraq. Faced with human suffering ...

Join Grace Dent on a televisual trip back in time.

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

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 ...

How the invention of writing gave humanity a history. From hieroglyphs to emojis, an exploration of the way in which the technology of writing ...

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.

The story of the dance revolution – the beat, the clubs and the DJs that changed music culture forever.

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, ...

The murder of Sonia Baker, a young political researcher, leads journalist Cal McCaffrey to uncover complex links between government and big business.

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.