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The Gustav Mahler Jurgendorchester performs Wagner's Rienzi Overture and Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony and is joined by Jean-Yves Thibaudet for Ravel's Piano Concerto in G Major. Show more
Francesco da Mosto travels the length and breadth of Italy. He discovers why Rome is the Eternal City and goes head to head with Mussolini, then on to Naples. Show more
Michael Scott discovers that from the start, drama was about more than entertainment - it was a reaction to real events and it was deeply connected to Athenian democracy. Show more
Peter and Dan Snow unpick the fighting that broke out in 1973. Known by some as the Yom Kippur War, it was the biggest military clash between Arabs and Israelis. Show more
A Storyville documentary about Richard Pryor, chronicling his life from his troubled youth to his meteoric rise as one of the most respected comedians of the 20th century Show more
Johnny Kingdom takes the trip of a lifetime to Kodiak Island in Alaska in search of brown bears and to get footage of them fishing for sockeye salmon in the remote rivers. Show more
Francesco da Mosto travels the length and breadth of Italy. He discovers why Rome is the Eternal City and goes head to head with Mussolini, then on to Naples. Show more
