Dan Snow charts the role the Royal Navy played in Britain's development. How victory over the Armada transformed impoverished England into a powerful seafaring nation. Show more
Britain's Outlaws: Highwaymen, Pirates and Rogues
Episode 1: Knights of the Road: The Highwayman's Story
59 minutes on BBC Four HD
Available for 12 months
Series charting the age of the outlaw begins with the arrival of a new breed of gentleman criminal out of the ashes of the Civil War. Show more
Scandinavian crime drama series. The Malmo police have received a ransom video from Hans's kidnapper. Saga is showing signs of strain when her mother arrives at the station. Show more
Danish-Swedish crime series. Saga believes that an escaped Rikard may attempt to visit Lise Friis Andersen, but on visiting her house discovers that he has taken a hostage. Show more
Catching History's Criminals: The Forensics Story
Episode 2: Traces of Guilt
59 minutes on BBC Four HD
Gabriel Weston looks at cases that were solved by examining the smallest traces of forensic evidence, and investigates the cutting-edge techniques being used today. Show more
Royal Festival Hall concert celebrating the music of songwriter and performer Burt Bacharach, with Alfie Boe, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Justin Hayward, Michael Kiwanuka and Joss Stone. Show more
Peter Powell presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 4 December 1980 and featuring Eddy Grant, Neil Diamond, Jona Lewie, AC/DC, The Boomtown Rats and Abba. Show more
Compilation of easy listening tracks from the BBC archive, with performances by Burt Bacharach, Andy Williams, Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66, The Carpenters and many more. Show more
Performances from Crosby and Nash, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, James Taylor and other acts that epitomised the California scene of the early 1970s. Show more