1/6. The globe-trotting Palin starts his adventure in Peshawar, where he tries the sport of bull racing.
(First shown on BBC1) (Continues on Monday at 7pm)
Lightning is almost as old as the planet and will probably outlast life on Earth. We all experience it, yet little about it is understood. Jack Fortune narrates a look at its cause and effect.
The production and history of Bertolucci's controversial movie - which follows - is explored in this documentary.
Marion Brando stars in Bernardo Bertolucci's still-controversial psychodrama, released in 1972. A middle-aged US widower goes to view an apartment in Paris, where he meets a 20-year-old French woman. They begin a sexual liaison that is passionate yet destructive. With Maria Schneider. In English and French with English subtitles.
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Richard O'Brien, creator of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, takes a look at the history of cross-dressing on stage and screen. With Richard Eyre, Billy Crudup, Mark Rylance and Peggy Shaw
The story of Jean MacColl's quest for the truth about her daughter's death and her efforts to bring those she believes are responsible to justice
With Dr Raj Persaud and vet Steve Leonard