Denis Mitchell's 1959 documentary is full of evocative images of a Liverpool still recovering from the post-war gloom. 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.

History documentary series. At the beginning of 1945, Berlin remains under the spell of the Nazi promise of salvation. But its people's hopes are at odds with the city’s daily reality. Show more

The British, French and Americans are waiting to enter Berlin. In the meantime, the Soviets appoint mayors, organise the food supply and go on the hunt for war criminals. 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.

Five sisters in Lancashire want to know if they are full or half siblings, while former sperm donor Luke wonders if he might have fathered any children in the 1980s. Show more

Stacey Dooley helps answer life-changing questions through the power of DNA. Bill wants to learn what happened to his father, while Charlie asks if she is safe from a deadly disease. 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.

Celebrity genealogy series. Strictly judge Craig Revel Horwood heads to Australia to investigate what happened to his great-great-great-grandfather. Show more

Celebrity genealogy series. Sports broadcaster Clare Balding visits New Jersey and New York, where she uncovers an extraordinary dynasty. 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.

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

Film which illuminates the poignant human experience of the war, using never-before-seen footage from interviews with eyewitnesses of the First World War. Show more

First transmitted in 1959, American reporter Ed Murrow returns to London. He recalls some of his most memorable broadcasts from war-torn London and reports on its recovery. 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.

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

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

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.

From a canoe in the Peruvian rainforest, Michael Palin visits Machiguenga Indian villages in one of remotest spots on planet. He then he sails down Amazon on a restored riverboat. Show more

Michael Palin travels from Mexico City to the Diomede Islands where his trek began. He meets illegal immigrants in Mexico, cruises San Francisco's gay scene and visits Alcatraz. 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.

How did life begin on earth? Dr Jacob Bronowski recounts the adventures of Alfred Russell Wallace, and how they triggered off the ideas of Charles Darwin.

Dr Jacob Bronowski tells the story of the men and ideas that gave concrete expression to the invisible, intangible structure that lies beneath all matter.

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.

Five sisters in Lancashire want to know if they are full or half siblings, while former sperm donor Luke wonders if he might have fathered any children in the 1980s. Show more

Stacey Dooley helps answer life-changing questions through the power of DNA. Bill wants to learn what happened to his father, while Charlie asks if she is safe from a deadly disease. 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.

In just four months, the world's first jumbo jet will go into service over the Atlantic. The jumbo has been called a 'pilot's dream.' But will it be an airport's nightmare? (1969) Show more

Denis Mitchell's 1959 documentary is full of evocative images of a Liverpool still recovering from the post-war gloom. 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.

Celebrity genealogy series. Actor and film-maker Noel Clarke visits the Caribbean to learn more about his family. Show more

Celebrity genealogy series. Actress Lisa Hammond wants to get to the bottom of why her grandfather never spoke about his experiences in World War II. Show more