The latest national and international news, exploring the day's events from a global perspective.
Quiz show presented by Victoria Coren in which patience and lateral thinking are as vital as knowledge, and connections need to be made between apparently unconnected things. Show more
Michael Mosley explores how pioneering doctors learnt to harness the immune system by exposing themselves to incurable diseases like rabies, typhoid and polio. Show more
Series charting the revolution in modern fatherhood in Britain over the last 100 years. The opening part explodes the myth of the tyrannical Victorian-style father. Show more
Through the intimate portrayal of three men in Zambia - two Chinese businessmen and the Zambian trade minister - the expanding footprint of a rising global power is laid bare. Show more
Alexander Waugh, son of the controversial journalist Auberon and grandson of the great novelist Evelyn, reflects on the father-son relationships in this great literary dynasty. Show more
Series charting the revolution in modern fatherhood in Britain over the last 100 years. The opening part explodes the myth of the tyrannical Victorian-style father. Show more
How WW2 was documented by home movie makers. A look at the films of four fighting men - Britons Derek Brown and Leslie Fowler and Germans Paul Kellermann and Klaus Eismann. Show more
Through the intimate portrayal of three men in Zambia - two Chinese businessmen and the Zambian trade minister - the expanding footprint of a rising global power is laid bare. Show more
Series charting the revolution in modern fatherhood in Britain over the last 100 years. The opening part explodes the myth of the tyrannical Victorian-style father. Show more