The Second World War puts our residents in danger. Leeds is a shock to a Greek war bride with a tragic past and a return for students who lived here at the millennium. Show more
Set in Edinburgh, the new adaptation of Sir Ian Rankin’s Rebus reimagines the character as a younger and darker inspector caught between justice and the underworld.
Ed Balls explores his ancestry, investigating a possible link to Nelson's HMS Victory. He also learns about an ancestor who was put on trial at Norwich Castle. Show more
Andrew Lloyd Webber is astonished to uncover stories from his family’s history that uncannily parallel his own life, including an ancestor with a famous cello-playing brother! Show more
Solve your summer with all your favourite detectives, old and new, on BBC Four and iPlayer. From nostalgic favourites such as Jonathan Creek to Bafta award-winning Happy Valley.
Set in Edinburgh, the new adaptation of Sir Ian Rankin’s Rebus reimagines the character as a younger and darker inspector caught between justice and the underworld.
Solve your summer with all your favourite detectives, old and new, on BBC Four and iPlayer. From nostalgic favourites such as Jonathan Creek to Bafta award-winning Happy Valley.
Seventy-nine-year-old Jackie grew up in a Nazi concentration camp and wonders if any family escaped the Holocaust. Maureen wants to know if her father was actually an African-American GI. Show more
Mel wants to know her sperm donor father’s identity, while Fi wonders if she might have passed down a 'murder gene' to her kids. Bahaa worries he will get cancer like his brother. Show more
Georgina is trying to find her Portuguese dad, while Matthew is wondering if he might be half Caribbean. Michaela and Richie are testing their son’s DNA for the genetic disorder 'bubble boy disease'. Show more
Set in Edinburgh, the new adaptation of Sir Ian Rankin’s Rebus reimagines the character as a younger and darker inspector caught between justice and the underworld.
Celebrity genealogy series. Presenter Emma Willis explores her family history, with a marriage in Ireland leading her down two very different paths. Show more
Celebrity genealogy series. Lulu travels to Glasgow to uncover the story of her Catholic grandfather and Protestant grandmother's love affair across the sectarian divide. Show more
Solve your summer with all your favourite detectives, old and new, on BBC Four and iPlayer. From nostalgic favourites such as Jonathan Creek to Bafta award-winning Happy Valley.
Solve your summer with all your favourite detectives, old and new, on BBC Four and iPlayer. From nostalgic favourites such as Jonathan Creek to Bafta award-winning Happy Valley.
Celebrity genealogy series. Fearne Cotton learns about her Welsh great-grandfather who worked down a coal mine at 13 and ended up as a chemist. Show more
Celebrity genealogy series. Actor and film-maker Noel Clarke visits the Caribbean to learn more about his family. Show more
Set in Edinburgh, the new adaptation of Sir Ian Rankin’s Rebus reimagines the character as a younger and darker inspector caught between justice and the underworld.
David Olusoga discovers a scandalous poisoning, a reversal of fortune for a Victorian factory girl and a building dynasty that helped create Leeds. Show more
A ruthless factory owner is hit by an arson attack, a pacifist couple make a stand and one man sets sail for a life on the glamourous Atlantic liners. Show more
Solve your summer with all your favourite detectives, old and new, on BBC Four and iPlayer. From nostalgic favourites such as Jonathan Creek to Bafta award-winning Happy Valley.
Singer Pixie Lott has heard that she may have Italian ancestry from Verona, but instead she discovers ancestors battling poverty in London and three generations of military musicians. Show more
YouTuber Joe Sugg aptly discovers that one of his ancestors was involved in one of the earliest forms of communications technology, electrical telegraphs. Another survived the Great Fire of London. Show more
Solve your summer with all your favourite detectives, old and new, on BBC Four and iPlayer. From nostalgic favourites such as Jonathan Creek to Bafta award-winning Happy Valley.
David Olusoga discovers a scandalous poisoning, a reversal of fortune for a Victorian factory girl and a building dynasty that helped create Leeds. Show more
A ruthless factory owner is hit by an arson attack, a pacifist couple make a stand and one man sets sail for a life on the glamourous Atlantic liners. Show more
Solve your summer with all your favourite detectives, old and new, on BBC Four and iPlayer. From nostalgic favourites such as Jonathan Creek to Bafta award-winning Happy Valley.
Singer Pixie Lott has heard that she may have Italian ancestry from Verona, but instead she discovers ancestors battling poverty in London and three generations of military musicians. Show more
YouTuber Joe Sugg aptly discovers that one of his ancestors was involved in one of the earliest forms of communications technology, electrical telegraphs. Another survived the Great Fire of London. Show more
Set in Edinburgh, the new adaptation of Sir Ian Rankin’s Rebus reimagines the character as a younger and darker inspector caught between justice and the underworld.
David follows the trails of a traumatised soldier on the run, a family man at breaking point and one resident who developed an interest in the paranormal. Show more
The Second World War puts our residents in danger. Leeds is a shock to a Greek war bride with a tragic past and a return for students who lived here at the millennium. Show more
In Lawrence, Kansas, Michael Portillo joins the Jayhawks basketball team before travelling through 'tornado alley' to Topeka to meet a storm chaser. Show more
Michael Portillo reaches Colorado. Michael is transported back to the Mexican American War of 1848 and finds himself inspecting the troops. Show more
Following deaths at a Scottish airbase, DCI Amy Silva and DS Kirsten Longacre undertake a brand new investigation into the world of drone warfare…Vigil returns. Show more
Following deaths at a Scottish airbase, DCI Amy Silva and DS Kirsten Longacre undertake a brand new investigation into the world of drone warfare…Vigil returns. Show more
Full Circle with Michael Palin
Episode 1: Alaska and Russia
50 minutes on BBC History Channel
Available for years
Michael Palin travels around the Pacific rim. He starts in the Diomede Islands in the Bering Strait, goes to see the Kodiak bear in Alaska and visits the geysers of Kamchatka. Show more
Full Circle with Michael Palin
Episode 2: Japan and Korea
50 minutes on BBC History Channel
Available for years
In this episode, Michael meets a Monty Python superfan in Japan and faces travel obstacles in South Korea Show more