Some of the latest developments in cancer treatment examined. Also at 12 noon, 3pm.
By the start of 1917, the strain of the war was causing mutiny and revolution. Also at 12.50pm, 3.50pm.
Events leading up to the tragic death of Sharon Chazan. Also at 1.40pm, 4.40pm.
Michael Wood treks over the Khawak pass, crosses the Oxus river and follows the golden road to Samarkand whilst tracing Alexander the Great's footsteps.
Michael Wood treks over the Khawak pass, crosses the Oxus river and follows the golden road to Samarkand whilst tracing Alexander the Great's footsteps.
Documentary retracing Mallory and Irvine's attempt to conquer Everest in 1924.
With the author Salman Rushdie.
Featuring George VI, who reluctantly took the crown in 1936.
Jazz is reinvented again, as Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie unleash be-bop.
***** Akira Kurosawa's evocative adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth. In Japanese with English subtitles. Film review: p64
Adventure set in medieval Japan, in which a samurai leader offers his protection to the heiress of a feudal lord. In Japanese with English subtitles. Film review: p62
