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Chris Packham explores bats' incredible anatomy, physiology and senses to understand what enables them to thrive in some surprising places. Show more

Series following wildlife in Yellowstone. As the snow melts the extent of Yellowstone is revealed. But summer here is fickle - August is the only month when it does not snow. Show more

Dr Jago Cooper travels to south east Alaska, British Columbia and Washington state to see how a complex society developed without agriculture. Show more

Documentary series about the intelligence of dolphins and whales. This part looks at how the sea mammals make sounds to catch food, and sing for music's own sake. Show more

Griff Rhys Jones travels to Ghana and the jungles of Burma to learn about the army of West Africans his father served alongside during the Second World War. Show more

Philippa Gregory reveals the stories of three women at the heart of the Wars of the Roses - the 'White Queen' Elizabeth Woodville and her rivals Margaret Beaufort and Anne Neville. Show more

Using the British Transport Films archive, Timeshift revisits Britain's railways during the era of public ownership in a corrective to the myth of the bad old days of rail. Show more

Documentary looking at the role of the toilet in our culture, exploring its social history in Britain and abroad, and finding possible future solutions to global sanitation issues. Show more

Dr Jago Cooper travels to south east Alaska, British Columbia and Washington state to see how a complex society developed without agriculture. Show more