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- StarsSimon Sebag MontefioreVienna - a pivotal city in the story of Europe. Home to the Holy Roman Emperors and target of Ottoman aggression, the city nurtured the architectural style of the Gothic and the music of the Baroque while being coveted, cultured and decadent. From its Roman origins until now, its strategic position has made it witness to war, intrigue and deceit. This is its story.
- StarsAlice RobertsVanessa CollingridgeSaul DavidUsing archive footage from the long-running Timewatch series and the BBC in general, the televised evolution of a particular subject is examined each time.
- DirectorAdam CurtisStarsGeorge BushGeorge W. BushJoanne HerringAn experimental documentary that explores Saudi Arabia's relationship with the U.S. and the role this has played in the war in Afghanistan.
- StarsJanina RamirezAlastair SookeCeleste RodriguesArt historians Janina Ramirez and Alastair Sooke embark upon interesting and unusual cultural city breaks to three cities, seeking out hidden creativity and new ways of enjoying famous sights.
- StarsJacques Peretti
- StarsEamonn McCabeMartin ParrAnna SparhamEamonn McCabe celebrates Britain's greatest photographers, sees how science allowed their art to develop, and explores how they have captured our changing lives and country.
- StarsDavid OlusogaTwo-part documentary looking at the abolition of slavery in Britain and the extraordinary choice by the government of the day to compensate slave owners for their loss of 'property'.
- StarsSam WillisHarry PotterLucy MooreDr. Sam Willis narrates and presents this 3 part documentary series about Highwaymen, Pirates and Roques of a bygone era in Britain. We visit some actual sites along the way.
- StarsLucy WorsleyNathen AminHistorian Lucy Worsley reveals how some of the biggest moments in British History are actually a concoction of fibs and stories which have been manipulated by whoever was in power at the time.
- DirectorAlastair McKeeStarsShirley BasseyRaymond BaxterTony BennA Supersonic Story follows the story of the most glamorous aeroplane ever built - told by the people whose lives she touched. We uncover rare footage telling the forgotten row between the French and British governments over the spelling of Concorde which threatened to derail the whole project.
- DirectorTom McCarthyStarsSimon ReeveSimon Reeve visits Cuba at the end of an era, when Fidel Castro's revolutionary regime is forced, under his brother Rual's presidency, to revise the Soviet-oriented model into a slowly liberalizing society. Thus the revolution which swept away the colonial and later US domination is partially reverted. The system has real advantages for the people, such as free medical care and eduction unrivaled in Latin America. Culturally, its own brand of Caribean joy of living always persisted and is further fueled as free initiative is allowed in various walks of life.
- DirectorJames GrayStarsJoanna BourkeDamien WalmsleyWendy MooreProfessor Joanna Bourke charts how, over the past five centuries, dentistry has been transformed from a backstreet horror show into a gleaming modern science.
- DirectorLouise LockwoodStarsDenise MinaJeff MashLucille Sharp
- StarsColin TierneyDominic GreenKevin JamesThe secret agents that protected Queen Elizabeth from treason for over 40 years, through the execution of Mary Queen of Scots to the death of Queen Elizabeth, the capture of Catholic fugitive John Gerard and the infamous Gunpowder Plot.
- StarsLucy WorsleyJanet HartleySimon DixonBritish historian Lucy Worsley travels to Russia to investigate the 300-year reign of the Romanov dynasty.
- StarsStephen FryBrian BlessedSteven PinkerFry's Planet Word sees Stephen Fry finding out more about linguistic achievements and how our skills for the spoken word have changed. He dissects language in many of its guises.
- DirectorEdward BazalgetteStarsOrgil MakhaanUnubold BatbayarUnurjargal JigjidsurenGenghis Khan, ruthless leader of the Mongols and sovereign over the vastest empire ever ruled by a single man, was both god and devil - not just in the Middle Ages, but for centuries to come.
- StarsBettany HughesApostolos C. DoxiadisShantum SethBettany Hughes travels to India, Greece and China, profiling Buddha, Socrates and Confucius, the three greatest thinkers of antiquity.
- StarsBettany HughesSimon GoldhillHannah DawsonHistorian Bettany Hughes retraces the lives of three great thinkers whose ideas shaped the modern world: Karl Marx, Frederick Nietzsche and Sigmund Freud.
- DirectorJohn BridcutStarsRobert HardmanSimon CallowSian ThomasAfter 200 years under lock and key, all the personal papers of one of our most important monarchs are seeing the light of day for the first time. In the first documentary to gain extensive access to the Royal Archives, Robert Hardman sheds fascinating new light on George III, Britain's longest-reigning king.
- DirectorAngus MacQueenInterviews with veteran survivors of Soviet prison camps in Siberia, who had been imprisoned for political offences. Also interviewed are former prison guards who remain unrepentant. All this is contrasted with archive footage of Soviet propaganda.
- A look at traditional Japanese crafts and craftspeople. Each edition of the series follows the work of those making a culturally important product in the time-honoured way.
- DirectorAlex HardingJude HoStarsImelda StauntonWarwick DavisEvanna LynchIn the run up to the Harry Potter: A History of Magic exhibition, J.K. Rowling goes behind the scenes at the British Library to reveal some of the real-life counterparts to her characters.
- DirectorPatricia WheatleyStarsAscanio BrancaAndy SerkisThis is the first UK film biography of the world-renowned Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), whose print 'The Great Wave' is as globally famous as Leonardo's 'Mona Lisa'. With Andy Serkis reading the voice of Hokusai, the film features artists David Hockney and Maggi Hambling and passionate scholars who study, admire and venerate this great Japanese master.