Katty Kay in Washington and Christian Fraser in London report on the events that are shaping the world. Show more

Janice Long and Simon Bates present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 20 March 1986 and featuring Jim Diamond, Pet Shop Boys, The Real Thing, Diana Ross and Mr. Mister. Show more

Jim Al-Khalili concludes by looking at how, if we could understand the secret of electrical superconductivity, we could once again transform the world. Show more

Documentary. The story of Chanel No 5, which was at the centre of a war between Coco Chanel and her business partners the Wertheimer brothers from the 1920s to the 1940s. Show more

Two-part documentary about six men from the Fifth Royal Tank Regiment. Part 1 tells their story from Dunkirk to the deserts of North Africa and back in preparation for D-Day. Show more

Series exploring the sanitary history of cities. Dan Snow sniffs out the French revolution to explore how Paris was once buried in an inescapable stench. Show more

Jerry Brotton shows how maps can be tools of power and snapshots of history. Henry VIII's maps of the British coast helped him exert control over the world. Show more

Professor Iain Stewart looks back at the 1950s, a time when the oil and gas fields of the Middle East became a focus for military conflict. Show more

Biography of the Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), most famous for his print The Great Wave. It focuses on Hokusai's work, life and times in Edo, now modern Tokyo. Show more

Jim Al-Khalili concludes by looking at how, if we could understand the secret of electrical superconductivity, we could once again transform the world. Show more