Katty Kay in Washington and Christian Fraser in London report on the events that are shaping our world.
John Peel and David Jensen present performances by Slade, Culture Club, Paul McCartney, Dennis Waterman & George Cole, Billy Joel, Howard Jones and The Flying Pickets. Show more
Professor Richard Fortey visits China to see a fossil site that has yielded remains of feathered dinosaurs and rewritten the story of the origin of birds. Show more
Documentary about an 80-year-old hunter from the Togian Islands in Indonesia, who dives like a fish on a single breath, descending to great depths for several minutes. Show more
Wildlife documentary. A tale of life on the Zambezi River, set against the epic backdrop of Victoria Falls. The story is told from the point of view of a local fisherman. Show more
Entomologist George McGavin and ant expert Adam Hart capture all aspects of life in an ant colony using time-lapse cameras, microscopes, microphones and radio tracking technology. Show more
John Peel and David Jensen present performances by Slade, Culture Club, Paul McCartney, Dennis Waterman & George Cole, Billy Joel, Howard Jones and The Flying Pickets. Show more
Sound of Cinema: The Music That Made the Movies
Episode 2: Pop Goes the Soundtrack
1 hour
on BBC Four
Neil Brand explores how, in the second half of the 20th century, composers and film-makers embraced jazz, pop and rock to bring fresh energy to film scores. Show more
Series telling the stories of the pioneers of American roots music. The 1920s saw record companies travel rural America to record the music of ordinary people. Show more
Olivia Horsfall Turner looks at plans to radically reconstruct 17th-century London and 1940s Glasgow by Sir Christopher Wren and Robert Bruce respectively. Show more
