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

This ground-breaking two-part series takes us inside two of the most amazing structures in the natural world: our hands and feet.

Comics Britannia is a three-part documentary series from BBC Four which started on 10 September 2007. It was then repeated on BBC Two starting on 19...

Rageh Omaar visits Spain, Sicily and France to discover the history of Islam in Europe

Steve Backshall explores the world of insects and their close relatives, the arachnids and crustaceans, in order to find out more about their habits...

Riding onboard with a cheetah, a green turtle and a white-tailed sea eagle as they show us around their homes, with natural sounds and embedded...

A three-part docuseries chronicling the journey of soul music, from its birth out of gospel and R&B in the 1960s, when it delivered an assertive,...

Series celebrating the historical and contemporary links between Scottish and Irish Gaelic song by bringing together top exponents of both traditions...

Holidays in the Danger Zone is a series of documentaries, originally broadcast on BBC Four in the UK. They have also been shown on BBC Two and...

Director Gerry Troyna, painting an affectionate portrait of the Indian railway culture.

Professor James Shapiro re-examines the work of Shakespeare during King James I's reign.

Observational documentary series following life at one of Britain's 'Big Six' energy companies, SSE. Filmed over a year, it tells the story of an...

These unorthodox military innovations were not developed by chance, each was constructed to solve a tactical or strategic problem, such as overcoming...

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

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

Marking the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth in 1770, a documentary series that focuses on the real, complex and often difficult man behind the...

Documentary on the life of Brian Epstein, the man who brought The Beatles to fame. First in a two-part documentary examining the turbulent life and...

Documentary series in which art historian James Fox explores how the power of images has transformed the modern world.

Charles Hazlewood and a period instrument orchestra delve deeper into Mozart's music in programmes immediately following BBC Two's Genius of Mozart...