The story of some of the genetic scientists who dared to discover the secret of life - men and women obsessed by intellectual challenges but dogged by their human failings. Show more

Dr Alison Woollard looks at why we die and how 'cell death' enables the development and survival of most multi-celled organisms from hedgehogs to humans. Show more

Documentary featuring specially commissioned research, revealing what really happened during the eruption of the Indonesian volcanic island Krakatoa in 1883. Show more

Documentary following the only successful flight, made by four men in two wicker baskets in 1991, over the finest panorama on Earth in the oldest of flying machines. Show more

Documentary following the discovery and investigation of a 4,000-year-old body that was preserved in a peat bog in Cashel in the Irish midlands. Show more

Documentary series offering an astronaut's view of spaceflight. The Challenger and Columbia tragedies marked the beginning of the end for the space shuttle. Show more

Andrew Graham-Dixon shows how the Low Countries rose again to become a cultural leader in the modern age, with artists like van Gogh, Mondrian and Magritte. Show more

Dr Alison Woollard looks at why we die and how 'cell death' enables the development and survival of most multi-celled organisms from hedgehogs to humans. Show more

Scandinavian crime drama serial. To save a bus full of schoolchildren, the murderer demands that five companies which benefit from child labour should be set on fire by the public. Show more