Documentary looking at Britain's postwar infatuation with old New Orleans jazz, featuring Acker Bilk, Chris Barber and interviews with Humphrey Lyttelton and George Melly. Show more
Chancing upon a small-town rock 'n' roll band, Steve Hollis believes he can help them hit the big time. With performances from Bill Haley & His Comets and the Platters. Show more
In mid-1950s America, out of the Deep South came a rhythm-driven fusion of blues, boogie woogie and vocal harmony played by young black pioneers. Show more
Rock 'n' roll took off in 1955, and the likes of Elvis and Jerry Lee Lewis scandalised America with their gyrations, leading to Pat Boone's cleaned-up version. Show more
In the years bookended by Buddy Holly's death in 1959 and The Beatles landing at JFK in 1964, rock 'n' roll calmed down, went uptown and got spun into teen pop. Show more
Wildlife documentary. Jungle tigers are turning into man-eaters in the exotic island of Sumatra. Now a maverick millionaire is catching the killers and releasing them on his land. Show more
Rich Hall takes the viewer on a skewed but keenly eyed journey to the place built on a tectonic faultline that still deigns to call itself the Land of Dreams - California. Show more
Simon Sebag Montefiore begins a history of Jerusalem by exploring how it came into being and how it became so important to Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Show more
