The latest national and international news, exploring the day's events from a global perspective.
Timothy and Shane encounter problems with buoys when trying to dock at Liverpool, but Piel Island near Barrow-in-Furness finds them in the company of royalty. Show more
Richard Wilson gets to grips with a retro VW camper van as he drives the coast road from St Ives to Land's End and learns about St Ives's 1950s art heyday. Show more
Rob Penn visits one of Britain's largest clear-felling conifer plantations before making an ambitious attempt to fell one of the largest trees in Strawberry Cottage Wood. Show more
Michael Mosley lays bare the mysteries of the digestive system and reveals a complexity and intelligence in the human gut that science is only just beginning to uncover. Show more
Darkly comic series set in an NHS Trust hospital ward. Hypochondriacal Mrs Dethick is re-admitted, adding to Den's problems. Kim finds help from an unexpected quarter. Show more
With the help of its greatest exponents from Michael Parkinson to Melvyn Bragg, Sir David Frost looks back over nearly 60 years of both the political and celebrity TV interview. Show more
Rivers provide food and water, but they can also flood or freeze. Human Planet meets people for whom rivers can be both a risk to life and a lifeline. Show more
Rob Penn visits one of Britain's largest clear-felling conifer plantations before making an ambitious attempt to fell one of the largest trees in Strawberry Cottage Wood. Show more
Richard Wilson gets to grips with a retro VW camper van as he drives the coast road from St Ives to Land's End and learns about St Ives's 1950s art heyday. Show more
Darkly comic series set in an NHS Trust hospital ward. Hypochondriacal Mrs Dethick is re-admitted, adding to Den's problems. Kim finds help from an unexpected quarter. Show more
With the help of its greatest exponents from Michael Parkinson to Melvyn Bragg, Sir David Frost looks back over nearly 60 years of both the political and celebrity TV interview. Show more
Michael Mosley finds out what happens inside the stomach by swallowing a camera and using the latest in imaging technology to get a unique guts-eye view of the digestive system. Show more
