Irma Kurtz reaches Damascus.

Kenneth Clark's story takes him from the Holland of Rembrandt and Vermeer to the London of Wren, Purcell and the Royal Society.

With Brian Hanrahan.
Followed by Weather

8/10. Tyler Brule assesses media trends.

Recounting 30 years of nuclear testing on the atoll of Moruroa in Polynesia, where the French detonated four times as many devices as the British or the Chinese.

Can corals adapt to global warming?

The defence witnesses take their turn, but there's a worry that the experts' account will not be enough to convince the jury. (2005)

Jewish entertainers have dominated parts of the industry in the UK and US for decades, Time Shift investigates why American Jews celebrate their ethnicity while their British counterparts have often masked or even denied their roots. With contributions from Barry Cryer and Alan Yentob. See yesterday's choice.

Bittersweet Jewish family comedy written by Jack Rosenthal that explores the ramifications of a young boy's apprehensions over his bar mitzvah.

: Time Shift profiles the late television writer from humble beginnings to his later success as the writer of such dramas as The Evacuees and Cold Enough for Snow