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Performances by the violinist Yehudi Menuhin, including his appearance with Stephane Grappelli on Parkinson and his performance of Cesar Franck's Sonata in A for Violin and Piano. Show more
Film following Sheku Kanneh-Mason, who became the first black winner of BBC Young Musician, as he tries to come to terms with his win and the pressures and opportunities it brings. Show more
Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch argues that rather than being a thug, Thomas Cromwell was a principled and pioneering statesman who laid the foundations for the modern British state. Show more
Documentary telling the story of how young photojournalist James 'Jim' Foley came to be the first American to be executed by ISIS after being kidnapped in Syria in 2012. Show more
Richard Fortey travels to Madeira to examine what happens to a volcanic island as it nears the end of its life cycle and starts sinking back into the sea. Show more
Dallas Campbell delves into the Horizon archives to chart the deadly disasters that have paradoxically helped make air travel today the safest it has ever been. Show more
Art critic Matt Collings explores the most famous equations in science and realises that concepts of beauty and elegance have been used by many scientists to advance their work. Show more
Film-makers and scientists venture into Burma's jungles for the first time in 50 years. The team searches for the sun bear, the Asian golden cat and the clouded leopard. Show more
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