Documentary about the importance of hairdressing in the world of sumo wrestling.
DetailsFilm by Tony Palmer celebrating the Polish composer Gorecki, who died recently.
DetailsClassic film noir about an American writer visiting post-war Vienna to see an old friend.
DetailsFrancine Stock narrates a documentary chronicling the story of BBC's Third Programme.
DetailsFour-part series using photographic archives to give surprising insights into the 1930s.
DetailsNoel Edmonds recreates the sounds and sights of summer 1931 for guest Barbara Cartland.
DetailsDave Gorman traces the history of the BBC's long-running quiz show for schoolchildren.
DetailsGuide to the Egyptian king Tutankahmun's celebrated visit to a London museum in 1972.
DetailsProfile of best-selling author Len Deighton, creator the Harry Palmer thriller series.
DetailsThe story of the relationship between a photographer and the last Tsar of Russia.
DetailsDesmond Tutu and Africa's leading thinkers discuss issues affecting the continent.
DetailsSeries examining Albert Kahn's ambitious Archives of the Planet photography project
DetailsA widowed samurai puts on his warrior's mantle to defend a woman from her ex-husband.
DetailsA redundant baker purchases an old van and sets himself up in the fast food business.
DetailsAn ambulance-chasing lawyer attempts to regain some integrity from one final case.
DetailsDocumentary on the human voice, how it works and why replicating it is such a challenge.
DetailsA look at 2007 Samuel Johnson Prize contender The Voices of Morebath by Eamon Duffy.
DetailsProfile of the conservationist and best-selling author of My Family and Other Animals.
DetailsFilm using archive footage and interviews to tell the story of the creator of Oz.
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