Katty Kay in Washington and Christian Fraser in London report on the events that are shaping our world.
Mike Read and Tommy Vance present the pop chart programme, from December 1983. With Thompson Twins, Billy Joel, Tears for Fears, Howard Jones, Culture Club and The Flying Pickets. Show more
In the Rockies, Richard Fortey explores a fossilised seabed containing bizarre life forms that have revolutionised understanding about the beginnings of complex life. Show more
Documentary telling the story of the shale oil industry and its lasting impact on the community of West Lothian. Presented by geologist Professor Iain Stewart. Show more
A Storyville documentary: part five looks at OJ's acquittal and the strange next phase of his life, one lived in a form of celebratory purgatory. Show more
Mike Read and Tommy Vance present the pop chart programme, from December 1983. With Thompson Twins, Billy Joel, Tears for Fears, Howard Jones, Culture Club and The Flying Pickets. Show more
Neil Brand looks at how the classic orchestral film score emerged in the 1930s via the work of European-born composers such as Max Steiner and Erich Wolfgang Korngold. Show more
In a never-before-attempted experiment at Bristol Zoo, Liz Bonnin and a team of experts stay up all night to track the diverse sleep patterns of animals from lions to meerkats. Show more
Olivia Horsfall Turner looks at two of the most radical civil engineering projects proposed in the last century - a ship canal in Scotland and the Channel Tunnel. Show more
