Professor Brian Cox reveals how something as flimsy as an envelope of gas - an atmosphere - can create some of the most wondrous sights in the solar system. Show more
Mark Miodownik zooms into the microscopic world beneath our fingertips and reveals how this world can make objects behave like magic. Show more
Early in World War II, British workers broke a world record for building a bomber from scratch. This programme traces six of the workers, one of whom was only 14 years old. Show more
Crime drama set in Naples and Caserta, where power, money and blood are the values that the residents confront every day as they are forced to obey the rules of the local Mafia. Show more
Profile of a new wave of Italian crime fiction that has emerged to challenge the conventions of the detective novel - a dark world of corruption, unsolved murders and the mafia. Show more
Mark Gatiss celebrates the achievements of horror cinema, beginning by exploring the early era of Lon Chaney, Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff. Show more
A comic exploration of the cult of Dracula, from Bela Lugosi to bloodsucking bikes, with a Mexican tag-wrestling version thrown in for good measure. Show more
Ghost stories about a haunted manor house. In 1786, a self-made man with shady business ethics starts to hear ghastly sounds in the panelling of his drawing room. Show more
Mark Miodownik zooms into the microscopic world beneath our fingertips and reveals how this world can make objects behave like magic. Show more
