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Charles I: Downfall of a King
2019
star 8Historian Lisa Hilton discovers how, in just fifty tempestuous days, Charles I’s rule collapsed, laying the foundations for civil war, the loss of royal power and, ultimately, the king’s head.Nile Rodgers: How to Make It in the Music Business
2017
This series looks at the career of the multiple Grammy-award winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, as Nile Rodgers shares a lifetime of experience on how to make it in the music business. Using his songs as a guide, he explains the secrets of his success, his longevity and how he's stayed relevant.Britain in Focus: A Photographic History
2017
Eamonn McCabe celebrates Britain's greatest photographers, sees how science allowed their art to develop, and explores how they have captured the changing lives of the country.The Wonder of Bees with Martha Kearney
2014
Series which follows Martha Kearney's bee-keeping year and explores the science, art and culture of the honeybee, the most ingenious insect known to humankind.Inside America's Treasure House: The Met
2021
Documentary series filmed inside America's biggest art museum as it prepares for its 150th anniversary, only to endure closure due to Covid, demands for greater diversity and financial disaster.Children's TV on Trial
2007
A look at kids' telly from the 1950s to the 1990s, covering the social trends and behind-the-scenes stories in each decade.Lights Up
2021
Lights Up
2021
A virtual theatre festival staged in lockdown. Household names join groundbreaking new talent - pushing the boundaries of what theatre can be when there is no audience in the room.The Truth About AI
2024
The Truth About AI
2024
Professor Mike Wooldridge explores the nature of artificial intelligence. By using experiments and demonstrations, he investigates how AI learns and what it can do.Professor Mike Wooldridge explores the nature of artificial intelligence. By using experiments and demonstrations, he investigates how AI learns and what it can do.Survivors: Nature's Indestructible Creatures
2012
It is estimated that 99 per cent of species have become extinct and there have been times when life's hold on Earth has been so precarious it seems it hangs on by a thread. This series focuses on the survivors - the old-timers - whose biographies stretch back millions of years and who show how it is possible to survive a mass extinction event which wipes out nearly all of its neighbours. The Natural History Museum's professor Richard Fortey discovers what allows the very few to carry on going - perhaps not for ever, but certainly far beyond the life expectancy of normal species. What makes a survivor when all around drop like flies? Professor Fortey travels across the globe to find the survivors of the most dramatic of these obstacles - the mass extinction events.The Art Of Australia
2013
The Art Of Australia
2013
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 cultural traditions stretching back 30,000 years.Music Moguls: Masters of Pop
2016
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 and the PR giants.New Generation Artists Presents
2022
Stunning and intimate showcases of Radio 3 New Generation Artists performing much-loved works of music.Mindful Escapes: Breathe, Release, Restore
2020
A bold new genre of programming for our times where guided mindfulness and stunning natural history footage go hand in hand to produce a series of immersive, relaxing films.Shooting the War
2010
star 6Series looking at how WW2 was documented by German and British amateur home movie makers.Smashing Hits! The 80's Pop Map of Britain & Ireland
2018
Midge Ure and Kim Appleby explore the distinct sounds that came out of different parts of Britain and Ireland in one of pop's golden decades.Handmade on the Silk Road
2016
Three traditional crafts along the ancient trade route of the Silk Road.Light Fantastic
2004
Light Fantastic
2004
Light Fantastic is the title of a television documentary series that explores the phenomenon of light and aired in December 2004 on BBC Four. The series comprised four programmes respectively titled: "Let There Be Light"; "The Light of Reason"; "The Stuff of Light"; and "Light, the Universe and Everything." The material was presented by Cambridge academic Simon Schaffer.Tales From The Wild Wood
2012
Writer and woodsman Rob Penn begins a year-long project to bring part of an abandoned woodland, Strawberry Cottage Wood, back to life.
