As President Trump takes office, Katty Kay in Washington and Christian Fraser in London report on the events that are shaping our world.

Archive footage telling the history of modern Britain. Melvyn Bragg looks back to the 1960s and a time when high-rise housing promised a better way of living. Show more

Series celebrating the British aviation industry looks at how, by 1960, the UK's passenger airline industry was the largest in the world. Show more

Margaret Mountford travels to Egypt to discover the story of British photographer Harry Burton, whose images of the Tutankhamun excavation created a global sensation in the 1920s. Show more

From tribes hunting with eagles to the baking deserts of central Asia, the extreme landscapes in northern China mean life is always on the edge. Show more

Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison, America's first lady of literature, talks to Alan Yentob about her life and work. Contributors include Angela Davis and singer Jessye Norman. Show more

Eamonn McCabe explores how science and technology allowed pioneering photographers like Roger Fenton and Julia Margaret Cameron to create a new art form. Show more

Actor and writer Mark Gatiss embarks on a chilling voyage through European horror cinema, from the silent nightmares of German Expressionism to Italy's bloody giallo thrillers. Show more

Margaret Mountford travels to Egypt to discover the story of British photographer Harry Burton, whose images of the Tutankhamun excavation created a global sensation in the 1920s. Show more