This edition features phobics who fear mice, birds and feathers. Also at 11am, 2pm.

A look at stresses imposed on the human metabolism. Also at 11.40am, 2.40pm.

The natural history of the human parent and child. Also at 12.30pm, 3.30pm.

Chris Riley meets the team who have discovered most of the known planets outside our Solar System, while a PhD student talks about spotting stars using the world's most powerful group of telescopes. Show more

Chris Riley meets the team who have discovered most of the known planets outside our Solar System, while a PhD student talks about spotting stars using the world's most powerful group of telescopes. Show more

Chris Riley meets the team who have discovered most of the known planets outside our Solar System, while a PhD student talks about spotting stars using the world's most powerful group of telescopes. Show more

Dorothea is now a widow, but she vows never to finish Casaubon's book because of the vindictive codicil to his will. Will Ladislaw is out of a job.

This edition investigates a number of alternative power sources.

Following the journey of the River Thames towards the Goring Gap.

Geologists have reassessed the gruesome evidence from Pompeii and predicted the consequences for Naples today when the next eruption of Mount Vesuvius comes. Show more

The last in the series focuses on the legacy of Ramses the Great, one-time leader of the largest empire on earth.

Examining the missions undertaken by Bomber Command during the Second
World War.

Film following a 17-year-old girl from Marseille as she prepares for a marriage arranged before she was born.

A natural history of the oceans. A look at the survival techniques of creatures that endure the harsh conditions of the Arctic and Antarctic. Show more