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Documentary series with Michael Portillo. Michael travels back in time on the Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway and sees the latest Roman discoveries in York. Show more

Documenting our fondness for boats in a period that saw sailors seeking endurance world records and boatmen striving to halt the decline of rivers and canals. Show more

Chris Packham explores what makes animal groups successful. He looks beneath crocodiles' hard exterior to discover the secret to their 250-million-year history. Show more

Series exploring the relationship between British music and fashion. This episode examines the 1980s - the decade when, thanks to the music video, image became everything. Show more

Mark Radcliffe takes us on a memorable look back at some classic Duran Duran Top of the Pops performances.

Drama. Living in a squat, attending the Blitz Club, falling in and out of love; this is a compassionate portrait of Boy George in the years before his Top of the Pops debut in 1982. Show more

Andrew Graham-Dixon tells the story of David Bomberg, the startlingly original British painter who died in obscurity over 50 years ago. Show more

Visiting the great mosques and palaces built by the Ottoman emperors, Simon Sebag Montefiore looks at how Istanbul became the imperial capital and Islam's most powerful city. Show more

Documenting our fondness for boats in a period that saw sailors seeking endurance world records and boatmen striving to halt the decline of rivers and canals. Show more

Chris Packham explores what makes animal groups successful. He looks beneath crocodiles' hard exterior to discover the secret to their 250-million-year history. Show more

Series exploring the relationship between British music and fashion. This episode examines the 1980s - the decade when, thanks to the music video, image became everything. Show more