Michael Mosley explores how history shaped science. Here, he looks at how atomic theories and the strange concepts of quantum physics came into being. Show more

Alastair Sooke looks at great sculptors of the British Empire, mavericks who bucked prevailing trends, such as John Flaxman, Francis Chantrey and Alfred Gilbert. Show more

Comedian Rich Hall travels around the US to find out what killed off a quintessentially American film genre, the Western. He charts America's obsession with its own creation myth. Show more

Film in which Jo Brand gets to the bottom of crying: why we do it, whether we have always done it and, as a reluctant weeper, whether she can make a handkerchief soggy. Show more

Film telling the story of one of the most influential artists to come out of Jamaica, Toots Hibbert, featuring performances, rare archive and interviews with contemporaries. Show more

Reggae performances from the BBC archive, featuring Bob Marley, Gregory Isaacs, Desmond Dekker, Burning Spear, Althea and Donna, Dennis Brown and many more. Show more

Mark Radcliffe introduces a set from Jamaica's Toots and the Maytals on the West Holts Stage, recorded at Glastonbury 2010.

Film in which Jo Brand gets to the bottom of crying: why we do it, whether we have always done it and, as a reluctant weeper, whether she can make a handkerchief soggy. Show more