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

Ifor ap Glyn visits trees and mountains as a way of understanding the journey Britain undertook from the old Pagan religion to Christianity. 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 Denmark became a great power and arbiter of taste in northern Europe - a story of transformation befitting the homeland of Hans Christian Andersen. Show more

Series exploring topical scientific issues. Professor Uta Frith shows how another kind of reality exists for people with autism and if many of us could be a little bit autistic. Show more

Darcey Bussell steps into the shoes of her Hollywood heroes such as Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly to celebrate the enduring legacy of classic dance musicals. 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

Alexander Armstrong explores the literature that inspired Michael Palin and Terry Jones's comedy Ripping Yarns, a parody of the Boys' Own books and magazines of their childhood. Show more

How Denmark became a great power and arbiter of taste in northern Europe - a story of transformation befitting the homeland of Hans Christian Andersen. Show more

A look at the 1960s short films that documented Britain's ambiguous relationships with animals, including the fur trade, fox hunting, animals in circuses and pets. Show more