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Peter Powell introduces performances from Tonight, Baccara, Brotherhood of Man, ELO, Lulu, Yellow Dog, Dusty Springfield, The Stranglers, David Castle and Legs & Co. Show more

Series exploring scientific issues. This episode follows the cosmologists who are creating the most ambitious map in history - a map of everything in existence. Show more

Emotional drama about a California-based writer who returns to his Afghan birthplace, now in the grip of the Taliban, to try to make amends for betraying his childhood best friend. Show more

Dr Janina Ramirez explores the medieval Anglo-French conflict. Edward III crushes the flower of French knighthood at the Battle of Crecy. Show more

Dr Nina Ramirez reveals the codes and messages hidden in Anglo-Saxon art by examining artefacts like the Sutton Hoo treasures, the Staffordshire hoard and the Franks Casket. Show more

Series on the revolution in 20th century music looks at the fragmented, abstract and discordant sound taken up by radical composers such as Schoenberg and Webern. Show more

Peter Powell introduces performances from Tonight, Baccara, Brotherhood of Man, ELO, Lulu, Yellow Dog, Dusty Springfield, The Stranglers, David Castle and Legs & Co. Show more

Featuring classic performances from the disco era, including The Jacksons, Sylvester, George McCrae, Sister Sledge, and McFadden and Whitehead. Show more

Documentary which goes behind the scenes to tell the stories of the biggest film genre of them all - the epic, from Ben-Hur to The Ten Commandments and from El Cid to Cleopatra. Show more