How the crisis of writing music in a post-war world was met in different ways by the likes of Britten, Bernstein, Cage, Boulez, Stockhausen, and Reich. Show more

Stage musical loosely based on the memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee. Gypsy's mother Rose dreams of a life in show business for her daughters, but Louise becomes a huge burlesque star. Show more

Darcey Bussell steps into the shoes of her Hollywood heroes such as Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly to celebrate the enduring legacy of classic dance musicals. Show more

Lucy Worsley reveals that our obsession with royal bedrooms, births and succession is nothing new. The rise and fall of their beds reflects the changing fortunes of the monarchy. Show more

Professor Jim Al-Khalili shows how mathematicians and scientists such as Euclid, Galileo and Ole Roemer have used light to reveal almost everything we know about the universe. Show more

Dallas Campbell delves into the Horizon archives to chart the deadly disasters that have paradoxically helped make air travel today the safest it has ever been. Show more

Dr George McGavin is joined by leading anatomy experts to dissect a real hand, taking it apart layer by layer to reveal what makes it unique in the animal kingdom. Show more