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Featuring performances by the Specials, Viola Wills, Queen, Dr Hook, Iris Williams, the Dooleys, Janet Brown, Lena Martell and Errol Dunkley and dance sequences by Legs & Co. Show more

Drawing on 45 years of Horizon archive, Dr Kevin Fong presents a documentary showing how the intriguing possibility of life on Mars has fuelled man's quest to visit the Red Planet. Show more

In 1944 RAF Mosquito bombers demolished the walls of Amiens Jail in what became known as Operation Jericho. The reasons behind the raid remain a mystery. Martin Shaw investigates. Show more

Comedy series about two metal-detecting friends. Even though Andy, Lance, Becky and Sophie are barely talking to each other, their secrets are on the verge of being revealed. Show more

As the Industrial Revolution promised more inexplicable wonders of the modern world, Gothic art and literature became both backward and forward looking. Show more

Series celebrating the British aviation industry looks at how, by 1960, the UK's passenger airline industry was the largest in the world. Show more

Featuring performances by the Specials, Viola Wills, Queen, Dr Hook, Iris Williams, the Dooleys, Janet Brown, Lena Martell and Errol Dunkley and dance sequences by Legs & Co. Show more

Musical memories from the BBC archives, featuring performances from Kool and the Gang, The Pointer Sisters, Grace Jones, Cameo and Sade. Show more

Comedy series about two metal-detecting friends. Even though Andy, Lance, Becky and Sophie are barely talking to each other, their secrets are on the verge of being revealed. Show more

Anthony Horowitz learns about the Folkestone men, women and children who risked their lives operating as spooks during the First World War. Show more

Documentary about the musician Mike Oldfield, whose 1973 album Tubular Bells launched the Virgin record label and became the biggest-selling instrumental album of all time. Show more

More classic pop moments from the BBC's sixties archive featuring The Who, The Kinks, The Shadows and The Tremeloes.