BBC Two

Charles Darwin came up with some ingenious experiments to prove his theory of evolution. Jimmy Doherty attempts to recreate some of these investigations.

A two-part broadcast of Kelly Monteith's one-man show from the Ambassadors Theatre, London.

Troubleshooter was a British reality television series, produced and shown by the BBC, focusing on experienced business leaders visiting and advising small and often struggling UK businesses. Launched in 1990 with Sir John Harvey-Jones MBE ex of ICI, the series ran successfully for five series. After the series won a BAFTA, Harvey-Jones decided that he didn't want to become a television personality, after one newspaper called him the "most famous industrialist since Isambard Kingdom Brunel." The greatest achievement of the Troubleshooter programmes was to make business management a popular discussion subject in the homes of millions of British people, and to provide a role model for people wanting to enter business. The series was revived a decade later in 2004 under the stewardship of Gerry Robinson, under the title I'll Show Them Who's Boss!'

Chartjackers documents the lives of four teenage video bloggers over the course of ten weeks, as they attempt to write, record and release a pop song for charity, with the goal to achieve a number-one single. When first broadcast, the programme ran in real time: its first ten episodes documented the events of the previous seven days, while the final episode was an extended compilation that summarised all ten weeks.

Blood of the Vikings was a 5 part 2001 BBC Television documentary series that traced the legacy of the Vikings in the British Isles through a genetics survey.

Music writer Dylan Jones puts the case that the 1980s were the most radical, innovative and creative decade in the history of pop.

Using pioneering seamless filming techniques, the series explores magic moments when Earth bursts into life - fleeting windows of time when the conditions are just right and animals spring into action.

Colour Me Pop was a British music TV programme broadcast on BBC2 from 1968-1969. It was a spin-off from the BBC 2 arts magazine show Late Night Line-Up. Designed to celebrate the new introduction of colour to British television, it was directed by Steve Turner, and showcased half-hour sets by pop and rock groups of the period. The programme was a pioneering precursor to the better remembered BBC music programme The Old Grey Whistle Test. Unlike its successor, most of the editions of Colour Me Pop are lost.

Sea Cities is a documentary series where we meet the people who live and work around Britain's port cities.

Billingsgate trader Roger Barton follows his dream of visiting and trading in the world's greatest food markets.

Show Me the Monet is a British television series first aired on BBC2 in May 2011. It is presented by Chris Hollins. The programme has been described as the "artworld's version of The X Factor and Dragons's Den".

Comrades was a 1983-84 BBC television documentary series and the related book about life in the Soviet Union composed mainly of interviews and fly on the wall filming of 'normal' Soviet citizens. BBC producer Richard Denton was able achieve a largely unprecedented degree of freedom in selecting and interviewing people.

Expect drama, emotion and tender moments as we follow the work of midwives delivering babies in people’s homes.

Protecting Our Children is a British documentary television series about social workers in the child protection department in Bristol. Lesley Sharp narrates the series, which was shown on BBC Two from 30 January - 13 February 2012.

Sesame Tree, is a version of Sesame Street made entirely in Northern Ireland, is a children's television series produced by Belfast-based production company Sixteen South and Sesame Workshop. The first episode aired on BBC Two in Northern Ireland on 5 April 2008 with the first series subsequently airing nationwide on CBeebies in August 2008. A second series was launched in November 2010 and broadcast on CBeebies from 22 November 2010.

In his latest book and this three-part series, investigative journalist Jacques Peretti strays into Adam Curtis territory. What if the way we understand our world is wrong, he wonders, and it’s not so much politicians who govern our lives but business deals done in secret, in the boardroom and on the golf course?

The much acclaimed series of six BBC films in which famous anglers Chris Yates and Bob James take us on a grand fishing adventure across Britain...

Michel Roux sets out on a personal mission to train eight young people as front-of-house superstars.

Gardening series delving into the history of cottage gardening, Looks to the old cottage gardens of the past and adapts the more popular features to modern gardens. In building three cottage gardens from scratch at his home in Barnsdale, Geoff Hamilton set out to simplify the practical problems of creating a natural rustic look.

Tom Kerridge and Cherry Healey celebrate our favourite takeaways.