David Olusoga shows how art was always on the frontline when distant cultures met. Show more

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Celebrity genealogy series. Michelle Keegan uncovers some exceptional women on her family tree, including a special connection to the suffragettes. Show more

Celebrity genealogy series. Actress Olivia Colman travels to India to find out more about her great-great-great-grandmother. Show more

This family likes Sport, News, The Traitors and they would definitely smash it on MasterChef.

Simon Schama starts his meditation on colour and civilisation with the great Gothic cathedrals of Amiens and Chartres. He then moves to 16th-century Venice. Show more

Documentary. David Olusoga explores the artistic reaction to imperialism in the 19th century. Show more

This family loves travelling, so they like watching and bonding over Race Across the World.

Celebrity genealogy series. Comedian Lee Mack finds out more about his great-grandfather, who was also a comedian, known as Billy Mac. Show more

Boy George expects to find a lot of sadness in his family tree, but delights in a new sense of his family being part of Irish history. Show more

This footie fan loves Match of the Day and EastEnders.

Documentary. Simon Schama explores the fate of art in the machine- and profit-driven world, looking at the rise of art as a tradeable commodity. Show more

Simon Schama looks at the formative role art and the creative imagination have played in the forging of humanity itself. Show more

This family loves Casualty, News, Sport and the odd murder show!

Shirley Ballas investigates a family story that her maternal great-grandmother abandoned her husband and children for a more exciting life in America. Show more

DJ, presenter and former member of boy band JLS, Marvin Humes looks at his Jamaican and his English heritage, finding exceptional stories on both sides of the family. Show more

This family likes Sport, News, The Traitors and they would definitely smash it on MasterChef.

Mary Beard explores images of the human body in ancient art, from Mexico and Greece to Egypt and China. Show more

Simon Schama explores the depiction of nature. Simon discovers that landscape painting is seldom a straightforward description of observed nature. Show more

This family loves travelling, so they like watching and bonding over Race Across the World.

Robert 'Judge' Rinder follows the story of his grandfather, a Holocaust survivor, as well as investigating the dark mystery surrounding his great-grandfather. Show more

Celebrity genealogy series. Paralympic gold medal winner Jonnie Peacock looks back through the generations and ends up captivated by his four-times-great-grandmother. Show more

This footie fan loves Match of the Day and EastEnders.

Professor Mary Beard explores the controversial topic of religion and art. How, and at what cost, do different religions make the unseen visible? Show more

Simon Schama examines how traditions developed in the years following the Renaissances. Show more

This family loves travelling, so they like watching and bonding over Race Across the World.

Actor Daniel Radcliffe discovers that the Hatton Garden robbery of his great-grandfather’s jewellery business was far more dark and dramatic than he ever imagined. Show more

Actor Naomie Harris’s dramatic discoveries in this episode inspire her to anger, sadness and tears of joy. Show more

In a first for the series, father-and-son comedy double-act Jack and Michael Whitehall join forces to investigate their family tree. Show more

Using 3D graphics, Neil Oliver explores a recently-discovered 5,000-year-old temple in Orkney that has triggered new thoughts about the beliefs of Neolithic people. Show more

Neil Oliver begins the epic story of the evolution of Britain and its occupants, beginning with the struggle for survival in the brutal world of the last ice age. Show more

This family loves Casualty, News, Sport and the odd murder show!

Oscar-winning actor Kate Winslet follows a rumour of Scandinavian ancestry on her mother's side of the family and is delighted to find that she has Swedish heritage. Show more

Canadian comedian Katherine Ryan’s family history leads her from colonial Nova Scotia and Newfoundland to her English roots in Dorset. Show more