Factual drama series drawing on the archives of the Old Bailey online project. Two boys are caught stealing laundry that has been put out to dry on bushes. Show more

Joe Crowley challenges children to use technological tricks to unearth clues about the unsung historical heroes who lived and worked in their home town. Show more

Geography programme for primary schools. On a narrowboat trip, William learns about the difference between rivers and canals as he travels through a tunnel and into a lock. Show more

Martin Roberts and Lucy Alexander visit a former school house in Devon, a small flat in north west London and a three-bedroomed semi-detached house in Swindon. Show more

Series looking at benefit fraud. In Hull, the Department for Work and Pensions' fraud investigators are hard at work investigating the case of a jet-setting benefit cheat. Show more

Nick Knowles presents events from the work of the emergency services. There is an emergency on the River Thames, as the RNLI lifeboat heads to a sinking boat. Show more

Antiques series. In Eastbourne, objects include a collection of a thousand lead soldiers, one of the earliest digital watches and an astonishing jewellery find. Show more

James Martin explores regional ingredients found in the British Isles. James investigates the environmental factors that have helped to create the Rhubarb Triangle. Show more

HARDtalk speaks to Paul Massara, the boss of Npower. Is it time for a radical overhaul of the energy market? Show more

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Jo Coburn is joined by author and economist Noreena Hertz to discuss the political stories of the day, including an interview with Adam Price, writer of the Danish drama Borgen. Show more

Keith learns how to prepare the island's famous soups, farmhouse cheeses, seafood and beef and visits Stronsay for a Ceilidh knees-up and a lethal brew of Bridges Cog.

Police drama series. Chris and Mary Beth disagree about using a young informant to help them catch a drug dealer who is selling to schoolchildren.

Classic sitcom. Chaos reigns when a surprise fire alarm practice highlights the store's lack of precautions.

Classic sitcom. The Resistance supplies a new waitress for Cafe Rene, and an Italian liaison officer arrives to work with the Colonel.

Fred Dibnah looks at industrialisation in Britain. Dibnah's garden was perhaps the finest working steam-powered engineering workshop in the country. Show more

Dermot Murnaghan hosts a general knowledge quiz in which teams from all over the UK battle to beat the Eggheads. Show more

Zoe Ball is joined by the couple who narrowly escaped elimination and Karen Hardy gives her thoughts on the weekend's choreography.

Thespians Hermione Norris and John Thomson join up with antiques experts Mark Stacey and Catherine Southon on a sun-drenched trip around Cornwall in a classic car. Show more

Eight chefs remain in contention. Four of them return in this episode to face Monica's Skills Test and cook two classic dishes, including roast saddle of hare, for Michel. Show more

Kirsty Young presents the DEC Philippines Typhoon Appeal. Typhoon Haiyan has devastated parts of the Philippines leaving up to 10,000 people dead. Show more

Historian Dominic Sandbrook examines the Cold War. He looks at the first chilling years of the conflict, when the opposing ideologies were identified. Show more

Stephen Fry discovers what it means to be gay around the world. He travels to Uganda, where the government is considering a law that would make homosexuality a capital crime. Show more

Andrew Marr presents a selection of stories from his History of the World, specially rewritten for key stage 3 pupils. He explores ten key events. Show more