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From the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus in Mumbai, Dan Snow, Anita Rani and Robert Llewellyn explore the science behind the world's busiest railway....

In search of World Speed Records by land, air and water

Aubrey Manning sets out on a journey to study the changing face of Britain's countryside

Series in which three Australian brothers - Danny, Ben and Sam Wood - set out cycling on the trail of Hannibal, the warrior who marched from Spain to...

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...

Adam Nicolson looks at how and why whale populations were so drastically reduced in the 20th century, and attempts to see whaling through the eyes of...

English historian David Reynolds reassesses Stalin's role in the life-and-death struggle between the Soviet Union and Germany in World War II.

John Wilson speaks to leading names in art and culture about their formative influences and inspirations.

Dr Jago Cooper travels through Peru and Ecuador to reassess the origins, accomplishments and nature of one of the greatest empires the world has ever...

Jonathan Meades scrutinises the 95 per cent of France that Brits drive through and don't notice en route to the 5 per cent that conforms to their...

Meades asks if Britain really has suffered a "Gastronomic Revolution", and offers an A-Z of British food.

What you had to say, do and dress in order to get ahead at various times in history

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

The case of the Yorkshire Ripper is re-examined by film-maker Liza Williams.

Mark Miodownik reveals how the properties of materials are made to work for us

Writer and woodsman Rob Penn begins a year-long project to bring part of an abandoned woodland, Strawberry Cottage Wood, back to life.

A series of shows featuring songs from stage and screen musicals.

The fascinating and dramatic stories behind some of the grandest designs never built.