The latest national and international news, exploring the day's events from a global perspective.
Victoria Coren presents the quiz show where connections must be made between random subjects. Three Oxford postgrads take on Douglas Adams fans. Show more
Phill Jupitus looks at how we thought the car of the future was going to turn out and finds out why it didn't happen that way, focusing on the classic era of the 50s and 60s. Show more
Penelope Keith tells the story of Edwardian 'it girl' and motoring pioneer Dorothy Levitt. She retraces Levitt's 1905 journey from London to Liverpool in a De Dion motor car. Show more
Four-man sketch show full of surprise and invention. Scenarios include disaffected judges, office bullying via Skype, Russian roulette at the dinner table and a dog with a secret. Show more
Dan Snow's walk takes him north to lands devastated by the Normans after the Invasion, but which became the setting for their abbeys and monasteries. Show more
Robert Bartlett lays bare the framework of the medieval class system, where inequality was part of the natural order and the life of serfs little better than those of animals. Show more
Simon Armitage traces the evolution of the Arthurian legend through the literature of the medieval age and reveals that King Arthur is not the great national hero we think he is. Show more
Richard E Grant uncovers the power of the diary and asks whether a diary should, or could, ever be totally honest, wholly accurate and absolutely true. Show more
Dan Snow's walk takes him north to lands devastated by the Normans after the Invasion, but which became the setting for their abbeys and monasteries. Show more
Phill Jupitus looks at how we thought the car of the future was going to turn out and finds out why it didn't happen that way, focusing on the classic era of the 50s and 60s. Show more
Penelope Keith tells the story of Edwardian 'it girl' and motoring pioneer Dorothy Levitt. She retraces Levitt's 1905 journey from London to Liverpool in a De Dion motor car. Show more
Dan Snow's walk takes him north to lands devastated by the Normans after the Invasion, but which became the setting for their abbeys and monasteries. Show more
