Daily from 7.00pm.
Programmes start at 7.00pm.
An analysis and full performance of Gershwin's salute to the city that never sleeps, exploring the improvisational approach and musical influences behind this iconic composition. Show more
Maps: Power, Plunder and Possession
Episode 1: Windows on the World
58 minutes on BBC Four
Available for years
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
Documentary series revealing the 'behind-closed-doors' politics of World War II. This episode focuses on the secret history of the non-aggression pact between Hitler and Stalin.
Diarists give their memories of 8 May 1945, the first Victory in Europe Day.
Mark Lawson talks to screenwriter Jimmy McGovern about his life and career in television drama, his memories of working-class Liverpool and the impact of Catholicism on his work. Show more
Compilation of songs that celebrate and probe the emotional complexities generated by fathers, with Kid Creole, Cat Stevens, Emmylou Harris, Paul Simon, Madonna and many more. Show more
A Storyville documentary. Film-maker Morgan Matthews records a period of more than ten years in the life of his father Geoff and Geoff's eccentric partner Anna. Show more
An analysis and full performance of Gershwin's salute to the city that never sleeps, exploring the improvisational approach and musical influences behind this iconic composition. Show more
Maps: Power, Plunder and Possession
Episode 1: Windows on the World
58 minutes on BBC Four
Available for years
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
Programmes start at 7.00pm.