A selection of experiments and demonstrations from recent series. Sandi Toksvig tries to maintain discipline while Alan Davies and their guests run riot.
Presented by Dr Clare Jackson of Cambridge University, this new three-part series argues that the Stuarts, more than any other, were Britain's defining royal family.
Award-winning publican Tom Kerridge helps four struggling pubs to turn around their fortunes. When Covid-19 strikes it puts the whole industry, including Tom’s own pubs, in peril.
Historian Andrew Roberts journeys through the history and geography of Europe to bring the story of Napoleon vividly to life as he retraces the footsteps of the legendary leader himself.
In September 2011, an international group of scientists has made an astonishing claim - they have detected particles that seemed to travel faster than the speed of light. It was a claim that contradicted more than a hundred years of scientific orthodoxy. Suddenly there was talk of all kinds of bizarre concepts, from time travel to parallel universes.
So what is going on? Has Einstein's famous theory of relativity finally met its match? Will we one day be able to travel into the past or even into another universe?
In this film, Professor Marcus du Sautoy explores one of the most dramatic scientific announcements for a generation. In clear, simple language he tells the story of the science we thought we knew, how it is being challenged, and why it matters.
The breathtaking landscapes and spectacular wildlife of some of Britain's most iconic National Parks, seen through the eyes of people who know them best
A Wild Year is a unique insight into the nature of three iconic regions of the British countryside: The Pembrokeshire Coast, The North York Moors and The Fens.
Wildlife cameraman Colin Stafford-Johnson returns home to Ireland, on a personal quest to transform his childhood garden into a haven for native plants and animals.
Despite being phased-out by British rail networks in 1968, the steam train has resisted its bleak fate of becoming a mere museum exhibit, and fading into obscurity. This series charts their re-emergence over the subsequent twenty year period following the end of the age of steam.
Throughout the ages, civilisations have risen up and then disappeared. Ancient Apocalypse seeks to explain how human achievements were destroyed by the forces of nature.
Filmed over an historic year, with unprecedented access inside the Vatican, we follow Pope Francis and the people who live and work inside this independent city state.
Joanna is determined to spend her summer working at Wildlife Aid, one of the UK's leading wildlife hospitals, learning how she can help. With no special treatment, Joanna first must pass the 'smell test', starting with mucky cage and pen cleaning but hoping to progress to animal triage training, helping in the vet room and going out on rescues and releases.
When she was a child, Kate Humble wanted to be a nomad. Living in some of the world's most remote wildernesses, cheek by jowl with nature, seemed like such a wildly romantic existence.
Lyse Doucet tells the story of the Syrian war through extraordinary testimony from those who have lived through it on the ground as well as politicians who tried to shape events.
Life-saving operations, difficult dilemmas. Lifting the lid on the heart-rending, hard-headed decisions surgeons must make before tackling the day job of changing people’s lives.