Trekking across the Sahara. Michael reaches Timbuktu, once one of the great centres of Islamic learning, then heads east to the land of nomadic herders the Wodaabe. Show more
A film telling the unlikely story of how, between 1929 and 1945, a group of tweed-wearing radicals and pin-striped bureaucrats created the British documentary genre. Show more
Andrew Hussey takes a gastronomic tour through French history, from Versailles via the French Revolution and the Michelin guide, through to nouvelle cuisine and ethnic fusion food. Show more
Drama about painter Seraphine de Senlis. An art collector rents an apartment and is stunned when he finds out which artist is behind a painting in his landlady's living room. Show more
Series looking at the creation of classic albums goes behind Black Sabbath's 1970 album Paranoid, which came to define the sound and style of heavy metal. Show more
The story of Hawkwind, one of Britain's wildest rock bands, who emerged from the Ladbroke Grove underground at the end of the 60s trailing the radicalism of the counter-culture. Show more
Documentary tracing the development of British heavy metal from its 60s beginnings in the Midlands with Deep Purple, Uriah Heep and Black Sabbath to its international triumph. Show more
Trekking across the Sahara. Michael reaches Timbuktu, once one of the great centres of Islamic learning, then heads east to the land of nomadic herders the Wodaabe. Show more
