Dan Snow reveals how the Irish saved Britain from cultural oblivion during the Dark Ages.
DetailsDocumentary revealing the accents and dialects of ordinary Edwardians.
DetailsJournalist and critic Paul Morley spends a year learning the art of musical composition
DetailsThe story of how prime ministers have coped with life after Number Ten.
DetailsThe story of how prime ministers have coped with life after Number Ten.
DetailsClassical actor Nicholas Craig takes us through the rigours of Edwardian acting.
DetailsDocumentary discovering how our medieval forebears built the wonders of their world.
DetailsA journey through the most enduring subject for world sculpture, the human head.
DetailsThe story of how television has changed British politics.
DetailsSouth African musician Hugh Masekela reflects on his career in performance and interview.
DetailsDrama about the secret life of Opportunity Knocks presenter Hughie Green.
DetailsJazzman and raconteur Humphrey Lyttelton in a performance at the Brecon Jazz Festival.
DetailsA headstrong woman is marooned on the Isle of Mull en route to her wedding.
DetailsDrama charting the lives of five young layabouts in the Italian seaside village of Rimini.
DetailsA Canadian nurse arrives on a Caribbean island to tend an invalid woman.
DetailsGit gets out of jail and into trouble when he's forced into an underworld assignment.
DetailsHumphrey Lyttelton's final I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue at the Lowry Centre's Lyric Theatre.
DetailsChat show in which Marcus Brigstocke invites a guest to try five new cultural experiences
DetailsAndrew Graham-Dixon immerses himself in the art and practices of the Samurai warrior cult.
DetailsDocumentary in which singer-songwriter and actor Ian Dury recalls his life and career.
DetailsIan Hislop looks at the 1963 Beeching Report, which closed a third of the UK's railways.
DetailsA look at one of the most peculiar offices in the establishment, that of Poet Laureate.
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