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

From a view of the surface of Mars to live pictures of the sun, a look at the five greatest images captured by spacecraft. Show more

Sanjay the stationmaster is looking for promotion, his boss Bataljit waits for a transfer, and everybody is anticipating the snow on the Kalka-Shimla line. Show more

The year's most outstanding archaeology. In the east of Britain, a team unearths a mass grave and divers search the Thames for clues to a 17th-century tragedy. Show more

How a traditional working-class pub game became a national obsession during the 1970s and 80s, and how television played a key role in elevating its players into household names. Show more

Margaret Mountford goes in search of the truth behind Sappho, the most controversial writer of the ancient world and the first authentic woman's voice in western history. Show more

Documentary about brother and sister duo The Carpenters, one of the biggest-selling pop acts of the 1970s, but one with a destructive and complex secret that ended in tragedy. Show more

The best romantic duets from the BBC archive, including Robbie and Kylie, Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge, Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers, Sonny and Cher, and Peaches and Herb. Show more

Antonio Pappano explores the great roles and the greatest singers of the last 100 years through the prism of the main classical voice types. He begins with the soprano. Show more

The year's most outstanding archaeology. In the east of Britain, a team unearths a mass grave and divers search the Thames for clues to a 17th-century tragedy. Show more