The latest national and international news, exploring the day's events from a global perspective.

Chris Lintott travels to the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory in Australia to find out how its astronomers managed to see the moment when stars first formed. Show more

In her story of Britain's imported German dynasty, Lucy Worsley shows how Britain's new ruling family fought the French, the Jacobites and each other, all at the same time. Show more

Andrew Roberts charts the fall of Napoleon, a defining moment in global history. Grave military misjudgements led to his defeat at Waterloo and exile to the island of St Helena. Show more

Travelling across modern day Greece, Dr Michael Scott uncovers the ancient world of gods, democrats and warriors, inhabited by people who could be as brutal as they were brilliant. Show more

Granted access to ruined whaling stations on South Georgia, Adam Nicolson continues to explore the role British whalers played in Antarctic whaling as late as the 1960s. Show more

Documentary in which gardening expert Chris Beardshaw delves into the micro-world of soil to reveal what it is, how it works and why we couldn't survive without it. Show more

A wry morality tale for our times, told by those that lived and worked through the rollercoaster years at Nokia, the company that dominated a nation. Show more

Alinka Echeverria explores how believers' need for visual images caused artists to create a unique hybrid of Mesoamerican and Catholic faith in Mexico. Show more

In her story of Britain's imported German dynasty, Lucy Worsley shows how Britain's new ruling family fought the French, the Jacobites and each other, all at the same time. Show more