The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra perform Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony, Mozart's overture to The Magic Flute and a new piece by Hans Abrahamsen, 'let me tell you'. Show more

Wildlife cameraman Gordon Buchanan explores his native Mull and some of the nearby islands, filming otters, deer, puffins, seals and a minke whale.

Professor Alice Roberts on the natural history of the woolly mammoth, revealing adaptations that helped the species evolve from their origins in the tropics to surviving in Siberia Show more

A Storyville documentary: Human rights lawyer Philippe Sands travels across Europe with the sons of two former senior Nazi officers in this study of history and guilt. Show more

Lord Ashdown tells the story of the Cockleshell Heroes, who took part in one of the most audacious commando raids of World War II - to blow up enemy shipping in Bordeaux harbour. Show more

Jim Al-Khalili tackles the greatest question in science - how the universe began. By recreating key experiments Jim unravels the mystery of science's creation story. Show more

Dallas Campbell meets the scientists who have focused on the different aspects of the Drake Equation, which examines seven key elements necessary for ET intelligence to exist. Show more

Dr George McGavin examines the fascinating science of decay when a unique experiment involving a rotting kitchen and garden is captured over two months by time-lapse photography. Show more