Shown as six one-hour programmes on BBC2, "Story of Music" presents Howard’s personal view of the musical timeline from the stone age to the digital age, including the influence of classical music on the growth of popular music as well as the evolution of blues, jazz and world music.
Rick revisits his Aussie home from home. Catching up with old friends and foodie favourites, he explores exciting new dishes, from the arid Outback to the dazzling Sapphire Coast.
Four part series about British folk music, originally aired on BBC2
Follow drum and bass pioneer Goldie on a personal mission to discover young people whose talent and passion for music is at the centre of their lives.
The story of how the crimes of ‘respected’ GP Harold Shipman were first discovered and how he was eventually apprehended and charged with the murder of 15 of his own patients.
El Nombre was an anthropomorphic Mexican gerbil, originally from a series of educational sketches on Numbertime, the BBC schools programme about mathematics; he was also the only individual to appear in all sixty-eight episodes, as its original host, Lolita Chakrabarti, was relieved of her position after the end of the fourth series in 1996. His voice was provided by Steve Steen, while the other characters' voices were provided by Sophie Aldred, Kate Robbins, and former Blue Peter host Janet Ellis - and his name actually means "The Name" in Spanish, not "The Number", which would be "El Número".
One city, eight weeks and two contrasting schools come together to put on a professional production of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
Following officers from Staffordshire’s overstretched police force as they talk candidly about the frustrations of being on the beat in one of the UK’s most deprived cities - Stoke-on-Trent.
Jeremy Musson -- architectural historian and journalist with Country Life -- visits Britain's grandest houses. In each episode he visits a historic private house and combines observations on architecture with insights into the lives of the owners.
Sailor and writer Tom Cunliffe takes a voyage through the history of British seafaring and puts some of the vessels featured in the programme through their paces
Mary, Queen Of Shops is hosted by Mary Portas. Mary attempts to help smaller fashion retail outlets survive in a tough market against the bigger retail stores.
From the frontline workers on the streets to the leaders making the big decisions. Access all areas with the people dedicated to making their city a better place.
Ray Mears has spent his life developing a brand of survival skills he calls Wilderness Bushcraft, a philosophy that humans should live closer to nature, as the Bushmen do. In Extreme Survival he demonstrates his wilderness skills and shares amazing tales of survival from some of the world's most menacing environments.
Dan Snow, Anita Rani and Ade Adepitan reveal the hidden systems and armies of people running some of the greatest cities on earth.
Top US, European and Iraqi leaders - political and military - tell the inside story of their private talks, phone calls, deals and clashes. Former members of Saddam Hussein's regime tell - for the first time on television - just what he said to them as the threat of war grew. Over three episodes, the series gets the insiders to tell what happened at crucial moments on the road to war following 9/11, the first year after the invasion as Iraq's liberation became a US occupation and Iraq's descent into civil war.
Taken hostage in Syria by ISIS, or caught up in the Christchurch massacre in New Zealand, survivors and family members share their fight for truth, justice and closure.
Top Gear Motorsport was a British television programme, covering various forms of motor racing, broadcast on BBC Two from 1994 to 1998. It was a spin-off programme from the popular motoring series Top Gear. The programme was presented by former Formula One driver and Top Gear presenter Tiff Needell. Other presenters were Penny Mallory, Tony Mason, Steve Berry, Mark James and Bob Constanduros. The series covered a wide variety of motor racing categories, including the World Rally Championship, the British Rally Championship, British Formula Three, Formula Renault and Formula Vauxhall Junior, British Superbikes and Eurocars.
Philippa Gregory tells the different stories of three women at the heart of the Wars of the Roses - the 'White Queen' Elizabeth Woodville and her rivals Margaret Beaufort and Anne Neville,
A documentary series which tells the story of how big business feeds us by transforming simple commodities into everyday necessities and highly profitable brands
Documentary series which sees Fred Dibnah touring Britain's great building feats.
